According to authorities, two female suicide bombers have been intercepted in connection with the detonation of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) in Gwoza Local Government Area (LGA) of Borno State on Saturday, 29 June.
A local government official, who confirmed this development, said 30 of the female suicide bombers were sent into Gwoza to detonate the IEDs at different locations within the area. A source said, only four suicide bombers carried out the monstrous task—that one of the female bombers from the Pulka axis was responding to military interrogation at the checkpoint when she panicked and detonated the IED, killing herself, a soldier and a civilian JTF member.
The report also indicated that the women who got into Gwoza came from different locations, some from Pulka and others from the Mandara mountains. Security operatives are now heavy on the tail of the remaining would-be suicide bombers to forestall further attacks.
