Two female suicide bombers on Sunday killed three persons and injured seven others in Maiduguri, Borno State.
This was made known on Monday by Bello Danbatta, chief security officer of the Borno State Emergency Management Agency, who said the bombers detonated their explosives inside a house and near a mosque in the Mashamari area of Konduga, 35 kilometres (20 miles) southeast of the state capital.
Danbatta, who was involved in the evacuation of the victims said,
“Three people were killed in the two attacks and seven others were injured.
“One of them detonated near a mosque while residents were preparing for the evening prayers and moments later the second one detonated inside a house.”
However, Ibrahim Liman, a civilian militia force assisting the military against Boko Haram, said two more victims died on the way to the hospital in Maiduguri, raising the death toll to five.
The attack came two weeks after five militia members were killed by a male bomber who detonated explosives concealed on him at a checkpoint outside Konduga.
The violence has spilled into neighbouring Niger, Chad and Cameroon.
Although the militant group has been considerably weakened in regional fightback mustering troops from Nigeria and its neighbours, attacks persist.
The jihadists have resorted to the use of suicide bombers, mostly women and girls, targeting military checkpoints, mosques, markets, bus stations, schools and other crowded places.
On May 1 at least 86 people were killed in twin suicide blasts targeting a mosque and a nearby market in the town of Mubi in neighbouring Adamawa state.
AFP
