Two female suicide bombers detonated IEDs against a vehicle on a feeder road off Maiduguri /Mafa highway, close to NDLEA checkpoint in the outskirt of Maiduguri township on Friday, the police has announced.
According to Borno State Command Police Public Relations Officer, Dsp Isuku Victor, only the two bombers died in the explosion, while eight others including a personnel of NDLEA sustained injuries, and are responding to treatment.
The vehicle, a golf taxi with reg. no XA 479 DRZ laden with bags of charcoal with two female passengers and a Tricycle keke Napep close to the scene were affected by the explosion, Victor said in a statement.
“The scene has since been rendered safe by police EOD team and normalcy restored to the area,” the statement said.
