Troops Successfully Repel Boko Haram Attack As Two Female Suicide Bombers Attack Maiduguri

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Troops Successfully Repel Boko Haram Attack As Two Female Suicide Bombers Attack Maiduguri

Despite claims by the All Progressives Congress-led federal government that Boko Haram has been crushed and the war against insurgency “technically won”, the Borno State capital, Maiduguri, on Sunday came under heavy attack from the terrorists.

Although soldiers of the Nigerian Army successfully repelled the terrorists, two female suicide bombers succeeded in detonating themselves and killing a yet-to-be ascertained number of people in another crowded part of the city.

The attack, which has been interpreted as a desperate show of relevance by a largely degraded terrorist sect, has however, raised questions on how Boko Haram was able to regroup undetected and stage the coordinated attacks close to the Borno capital.

Sources in Maiduguri disclosed that the attackers attempted to invade the city through a village called Aladuwari, about 2km south of Maiduguri, but were unsuccessful as a result of the gallantry of troops of the 7 Division, Nigeria Army.

However, it seemed the Aladuwari attack was a distraction by the insurgents to enable two female suicide bombers invade the city from another flank.

The two female suicide bombers reportedly invaded the city and detonated themselves at a crowded mini-commercial area.

Muhammed Abubakar, a Vigilante operative who lives in Suleimanti area of Maiduguri, said the bombers detonated themselves near FOMWAN primary school located between Suleimanti and Jiddari Polo.