Suicide Bomber Kills Himself In Borno Market

Nigeria Police

Suicide Bomber Wrongly Detonates Bomb, Kill Self On His Way To Borno Market.

A suicide bomber heading to the market has wrongly detonated an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) killing himself alone.

Commissioner of Borno State Police Command, Damian Chukwu, who confirmed the incident in a statement in Maiduguri, the state capital, said the incident occurred on Saturday at 7:20 p.m. at the Monday Market general area.

The police chief said the bomber was heading to the market before he saw a massive detachment of police operatives, forcing him to detonate the IED strapped on his body.

He added: “The male suicide bomber sighted massive presence of police and other security deployment at Oando filling station near Post Office and hurriedly detonated the explosives, killing himself alone.

“More policemen have been deployed in most parts of the state capital and other flash points in the state.

“This is to ensure security of lives and property, especially in the remaining days of the Ramadan fast and as Eid el-Fitr approaches.”

Chukwu said the police Explosive Ordinance Device team was quickly deployed to comb the area and ensure it was safe.

Similarly, the Adamawa Commissioner of Information and Strategy, Mr Ahmad Sajoh, has confirmed the death of a boy with two others injured in an explosion in Mubi town of Adamawa.

Sajoh told NAN in Yola yesterday that the explosion, suspected to be from an Improvise Explosive Device (IED), occurred at a scrap materials gathering point in Kabang area of the town.

He said: “It’s not a suicide attack, as being speculated. It involved three children gathering scrapped metals.

“One of the boys, Saidu Ahmed, picked up the device which exploded immediately, killing him and injuring his two friends who are currently receiving treatment at the Mubi General Hospital. “Parents of the affected children have been identified.”

He urged the public to be more vigilant and caution children against picking strange objects to avoid a repeat of the incident.

Also, spokesman of Adamawa Police Command, Othman Abubakar, said the command was working on a theory that the explosive might have been given to the children by somebody to take to the metal gathering point.

Naija News recalls that Mubi witnessed a twin blast by suspected suicide bombers last month resulting in the killing of about 60 people.