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While the two suicide bombers killed themselves, officials of the Nigerian Police Force, ( NPF), arrested the third.
According to multiple reports, the suicide bomber blew up themselves at a police checkpoint near the Federal High Court Complex in Maiduguri, after police officers on guard tried to stop them from advancing towards their post.
Confirming the incident, the State Police Public Relations Officer, Victor Ishiaku, said the three suicide bombers, two females and a male were spotted creeping in the dark towards the police post at about 3.50 a.m.
According to him, “By 3:50 a.m. today, mobile police personnel on guard duty opposite the federal high court, sighted three suspected suicide bombers (2females & a male) running towards their sandbag.
“They ordered them to a halt for questioning. In the process, one of them detonated the IED 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.
“Police bomb disposal units also mobilized to the scene to detonate unexploded IEDs on the bodies of the deceased suicide bombers. The second bang was as a result of the demolition of the remaining IEDs by police EOD units. Normalcy has already been restored”. Ishiaku said.
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