The Commandant of the
corps, Ibrahim Abdullahi, said in Maiduguri on Tuesday that the incident
occurred at about 6.45 a.m.
The Nigeria Security and
Civil Defence Corps Borno Command, on Tuesday intercepted two female suicide
bombers who tried to ram into motorists at the NNPC Mega Station along Damboa
Road, Maiduguri.
He said, “Our personnel at
the NNPC station intercepted two female suicide bombers, who were targeting
motorists on the long queue at the NNPC mega petrol station at about 6.45 a.m.
“One of the bombers got
scared and threw her bomb and was instantly arrested, while the other one
started running after people with her explosive but luckily, she was shot on
the leg by our personnel after he chased her to a safe place.
“We have deployed our
Anti-Bomb Squad to the area.”
The commandant said that
the few insurgents remaining were looking for soft targets where they could
cause havoc and appealed to all residents in Borno to be on alert and vigilant.
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