The suicide attack was said to have occurred at about 06:07 pm on Saturday, June 13, 2015, at a Civilian Joint Task Force checkpoint near Maiduguri, the state capital.
Recent reports say that another suicide bomber in Borno State has killed three people and left four others injured.
The incident is said to have occurred at about 06:07 pm on Saturday, June 13, 2015, at a Civilian Joint Task Force checkpoint near Maiduguri, the state capital.
According to Sahara Reporters, the male bomber, rode on a bicycle to Bale village near Giwa Barracks and detonated the bomb at the check-point.
“A suicide bomber came on a bicycle about 06:07 pm before our men could realize who he was he blew up himself and killed three others, so we have taken the injured ones to the hospital,” a source told SR.
Maiduguri has, in recent times, been the target of bomb attacks believed to be the work of terrorist sect, Boko Haram.