Two female suicide bombers, suspected to be Boko Haram fighters, have blown themselves up near a mosque in Maiduguri, Borno, NEMA said on Wednesday.
The incident occurred at about 5:08 a.m. Wednesday, according to the spokesman of the National Emergency Management Agency in the Northeast Zone, Abdulkadir Ibrahim.
The agency said the bombers attempted to sneak into a mosque at Jiddari area of Maiduguri while worshippers were observing their early morning prayers, but were chased away by vigilant residents.
“The two female suicide bombers attempted to enter one of the mosques in area but were repelled by the CJTF who understand their motive, this made them to detonate the IED vest,” he said in a statement.
“[There were] no casualties, except [for] the two female suicide bombers that lost their lives.”
