The police in Borno on Sunday, April 2, 2017 confirmed that three suspected male suicide bombers, believed to be working with Boko Haram, were killed in separate foiled attacks in Muna and Dusuman village at the outside of Maiduguri, in Borno State.
Victor Isuku, the spokesperson of the Borno State Police Command disclosed this in a statement in Maiduguri.
Isuku said that the first incident happened around Muna garage near the entrance of the city when two suspected male bombers were killed.
“Today, at about 0438 hour, two male suicide bombers detonated Improvised Explosive Devised (IED) strapped to their bodies near Alhaji Bukar Gujari Filling station in Muna Garage area at the entrance of Maiduguri.
“All the bombers died instantly without killing anybody,” Isuku said.
He said however that a truck parked nearby was party damaged by the explosive.
“A truck was partly damaged ” Isuku said.
He said that another suspected suicide bomber detonated his IED in Dusuman village killing himself and injuring another person who tried to stopped him.
“Also at Dusuma village in Jere LGA , a suicide bomber detonated IED strapped on him almost at the same time , killing himself, while one person was injured,” Isuku said.
Attacks in Borno have continued unabated in spite claims by the Nigerian military that the dreaded Boko Haram terrorists have been degraded.
Buhari Defeats Boko Haram?
Late December 2016, President Muhammadu Buhari declared victory over the Islamist terrorist group after Nigerian troops announced that they have recaptured Camp Zero in Sambisa forest, the base of the deadliest terrorist group in the world.
The Nigerian Army later presented the president with the flag belonging to the terrorist group in a “mission accomplished” ceremony.
Since the declaration a week ahead of Christmas Day 2016, Boko Haram has launched a number of deadly attacks in the North Eastern region of the country where the terrorists have murdered at least 50,000 since they began their campaign to establish an Islamic caliphate in the country.
Additional reports by NAN.
