Suicide bombers said to be three in number stormed the
Federal High Court in Jidari Polo area of Maiduguri at 3.50 a.m.
Friday morning, but the bombers could not do much damage as mobile police
officers stationed nearby were able to contain them, ensuring that their
explosives had minimal impact.
A police statement disclosed that the bombers, two females
and one male, had apparently planned to inflict death on the police and other
security agents guarding the court.
"By 3:50 a.m. today, mobile police personnel on guard
duty opposite the Federal High Court sighted three suspected suicide
bombers (two females and a male) running towards their sandbag,” said the
statement.
"In the process, one of them detonated the improvised
explosive device strapped to her body, killing herself and one other male
accomplice. The other female survivor was arrested alive and subsequently
handed over to the military for further exploitation and necessary follow-up
actions."
Following the incident, police bomb disposal experts arrived
at the scene and detonated unexploded IEDs on the bodies of the deceased
suicide bombers. The police statement disclosed that the second set of
explosions “was as a result of the demolition of the remaining IEDs by [the]
police.”
According to the police, normalcy had been
restored around the area.
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