Accidental Explosion Blows Up Two Female Suicide Bombers In Borno

Two female suicide bombers have been consumed in the act as they were blown up by the improvised explosive devices (IEDs) they were carrying while on a deadly mission in a Borno village.

The two suicide bombers, according to local sources, were blown up, Sunday afternoon, at Auno village in Konduga local government area, a distance of about 15 kilometres from Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, while seven other people sustained varying degrees of injuries.

Local sources in the area said, they suspected that the two amazons of death were on their way to the Maiduguri Monday Market for another deadly mission before nemesis caught up with them at Auno where they were waiting for commercial vehicle to convey them.

Modu Bukar, a resident of Auno, while recounting the incident, said the explosion which rocked the area at about 2pm shattered the bodies of the suicide bombers, while the other seven victims were rushed to the Maiduguri General Hospital for treatment by sympathisers.

According to Bukar, “the suicide bombers were said to have been brought from Damaturu by one suspected Boko Haram terrorist who dropped them in Jajana and told them to take a bus to the next town. On reaching Auno, they thought it was Maiduguri and they started asking about Maiduguri Monday Market.

“We were told that their master dropped them in Jakana because he knows that it will be very difficult for them to beat security checkpoint and get entrance into Maiduguri town.”

His account was corroborated by a taxi driver, Mallam Mohammdu Abor, who said he was in Auno Sunday afternoon and saw mangled bodies of the two suicide bombers by the roadside.

Spokesman of youth vigilante group in the state, Barrister Jibrin Gunda, confirmed the incident, saying his men had intensified their stop and search mission thus making it difficult for suicide bombers to enter Maiduguri without being detected