Four Female Bombers Strike in Borno

By Modupe Gbadeyanka

A suicide bomb attack in the early hours of Wednesday has left at least two persons dead in Borno State.

It was gathered that four female suicide bombers carried out the attacks at about 1:15am today.

The unfortunate incident took place at Usmanti along Muna Garage axis, Maiduguri in Borno State.

Two men were reportedly killed due to the explosion while about 16 injured people were administered with the first aid.

Spokesperson of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) North-East zone, Mr Abdulkadir Ibrahim, confirmed the evacuations of the bodies and the injured who have been taken to a medical facility.

Mr Abdulkadir said, “Rescue and health workers had immediately moved to scene after the alert. The victims have been transported to the state specialist hospital and university teaching hospital in Maiduguri.”