Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, Sunday night came under attack by Boko Haram gunmen who were repelled by soldiers of the Nigeria Army, even as two female suicide bombers succeeded in detonating themselves and killing many in another part of the city. Leadership Report.
The attack, which many described as a desperate show to relevance on the part of the insurgents, was coming days after the Nigerian government had declared the insurgents defeated and incapacitated to stage any major offensive.
Sources in Maiduguri informed Leadership that the attackers attempted to invade the city through a village called Aladuwari, about 2km south of the Maiduguri, but we're effectively repelled by soldiers of the 7 Division Nigeria Army.
But it seemed the Aladuwari attack was to create some kind of detour by the insurgents to enable two female suicide bombers invade the city from another flank.
The two female suicide bombers invaded the city and detonated themselves at a crowded mini commercial area. Muhammed Abubakar, a Vigilante operative who lives in Suleimanti area of Maiduguri said the bombers detonated themselves near FOMWAN primary school located between Suleimanti and Jiddari Polo.
“As I am talking to you now we are all running for our lives because there is shooting everywhere and corpses and injured persons from the blast were all lying on the ground”, sadi Abubakar.
“They were two explosions: one coming immediately after the other. Those who saw them said they were two women who began to scream as the bombs were about to go off”.
Spokesman of the Vigilante Group of Nigeria, Abbas Gava, had earlier informed Leadership that the gunmen were making attempt to invade Maiduguri but were intercepted at Aladuwari village where they exchanged fire with soldiers.
“They came in five Hilux vans all armed and ready to invade Maiduguri, but soldiers tackled them effectively and repelled all attacks; but it seems some of them had fled towards Jiddari area. The attack is so close that residents have fled their homes while those far away have all retired to their houses”.
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