View Photo: Army nabs female suicide bomber Press statement from the Nigerian Army

At about 8.00am two suspected female
suicide bombers detonated themselves
at Madagali Market in Adamawa State in
which 17 people were killed and 44
others suffered various degrees of
injuries. Similarly, the General Officer
Commanding (GOC) 7 Division, Major
General Lamidi Adeosun, has shed more
light on the suicide bombings in
Maiduguri, Borno State in which 26
people were killed while 85 others were
injured on Monday morning at a news
briefing.
It should be recalled that 14 female suicide
bombers attempted to attack Maiduguri, Borno
state capital on Sunday but were repelled by
gallant troops. He revealed that tenage female
suicide bombers tried to force themselves into
Maiduguri with the intent carrying out massive
and coordinated suicide attacks using 4
different routes into the city; Asuwari, Mulai
Kura, Baderi village Nine Damboa Road and
Jameri village.
They were however intercepted by the troops.
Unfortunately 3 of them detonated their
Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) at
various places Monday morning killing 26
Persons and injuring 85 others. It should be
noted that out of the 14 suicide bombers 7
were gunned down by the troops not 10 as
earlier reported while 3 of them escaped in
the ensuing confusion. Sadly, the escaped
terrorists detonated their IEDs in 2 separate
locations.
One of them went to a house requesting for a
kettle of water to perform ablution but blew
herself close to a Mosque killing herself and
one person, while 13 others sustained
injuries. While the other detonated her bomb
at Baderi general area. However, one of them,
Fatima Babagapchia, was apprehended during
the operation.
The GOC praised the gallantry of the troops
for being vigilant at all time. He commended
the troops courage by eliminating the suicide
bombers and arresting some of them, which
he believes have averted what would have
been a major disaster if they had gain entry
into the town. Speaking to newsmen during
an interview, the suspected suicide bomber
Fatima said she lives with her parents in
Bullunkutu Abuja, in Maiduguri before
abducted with 6 other females in Monguno
town.
She admitted that being a divorced mother of
a baby girl, she was never involves in terror
activities since her abduction last year. She
further said, Boko Haram terrorists took her
along with others 5 females in a vehicle
through unknown routes before arriving the
outskirt of Maiduguri where she managed to
escape and passed the night in a nearby
village.