Another 12-year-old girl bomber killed in Maiduguri

Ebun Francis

Hours after a suicide bomber killed a Professor and four others at the University of Maiduguri, Monday Morning, another suicide bomber has been killed by vigilant security men.

The latest suicide bomber has been confirmed to be a 12-year-old girl.

The spokesman of the Nigerian Police Force in Maiduguri, Victor Isuku while confirming the incident said, “At about 08:000hrs, a third suicide bomber, female, of about 12 years with IED strapped to her body, was intercepted at Bara Karaya village behind University of Maiduguri, in Muna Garage general area.

“The suicide bomber was sighted by villagers who promptly alerted the military. She was gunned down, while the EOD personnel of the command secured and rendered safe her unexploded IED vest.”