Boko Haram: Suicide Bomber Kills Self To Evade Arrest Near Maiduguri

 

A suspected male suicide bomber on Monday, the 13th of Monday reportedly blew up himself to evade arrest near a military check point at Jumtilo, near Maiduguri.

 

Eyewitnesses report the culprit boarded a a public vehicle to Maiduguri for an assumed suicide purpose before being suspected by the people in the vehicle. The passengers stopped at a security checkpoint to alert security operatives.

 

In the words of a source named Mallam Farta Modu:

“He boarded the vehicle along Damaturu road but we became suspecious of him after he bagan to show some kind of restlessness. We tried to alert security agents at a check before he blew off himself for fear of arrest,”
 

Aderemi Opadokun the Borno Commissioner of Police confirmed the report. He affirmed that nobody died apart from the suicide bomber. Only one person was injured from the impact of the explosion and was rushed to a nearby hospital.