The Borno Police Command said on Friday that three suspected female suicide bombers were shot dead by security agents after they tried to gain entry into Maiduguri to cause havoc.
In a statement, Mr Victor Isuku, the spokesman of the command, said that the bombers were strapped with Improved Explosive Device (IEDs) on their bodies.
“This morning at about 05:30hrs , three female suicide bombers with IED strapped to their bodies were sighted by military patrol team in Umarari village along Maiduguri/Damboa road near Mulai. They were moving towards Maiduguri,” he said.
Isuku added: “They were promptly gun down and the IED on two of them exploded killing all three of them”.
He said that the police bomb disposal unit was mobilized to the scene immediately.
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