A female suicide
bomber, who was arrested by the vigilante group also known as civilian JTF,
revealed, yesterday, during interrogation said that 50 other female suicide bombers have been
let loose in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital with a mandate to kill 100,000
persons before the end of December 2014.
The arrest came
barely a day after two female suicide bombers blew themselves up in Maiduguri
Market on Monday, killing 22 civilians and injuring 48 others. Upon their arrest, one of the suicide bombers
was said to have confessed before being handed over to security operatives that
50 female members of the sect have been initiated and are ready to wreak havoc
in Maiduguri and environs before the end of 2014.
One of the female
suicide bomber was arrested by the civilian JTF at the entrance gate of the
University of Maiduguri, while another was apprehended at the busy Post Office
area of the metropolis, yesterday.
Following this
disclosure, sources said, tension is now very high in the Borno capital as
students of the University of Maiduguri had to undergo serious check by
security operatives before being allowed into the campus. It was gathered that already, students have
been banned from entering the campus with their vehicles as only lecturers
enjoyed this privilege after rigorous checks and identification.
The civilian JTF
have also been put on red alert. It would be recalled that, already four female
suicide bombers have caused the deaths of over 100 people in two incidents in
Maiduguri recently.
The Chief of Army
Staff, Lt. General Kenneth Minimah has vowed that Boko Haram will be defeated.
This came as former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon charged the army chief
and his commanders to urgently correct the negative perception about Nigerian
soldiers abandoning their weapons and running away in the midst of the fight
against Boko Haram terrorists.
Source: Vanguard
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