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By Michael Olugbode
What could have been a Black Friday
was averted in Maiduguri as five female suicide bombers were
intercepted by members of the youth vigilante group, popularly called
Civilian JTF in Borno State.
Speaking to our correspondent on the incident, the spokesman of the
youth vigilante group, Barrister Jubrin Gunda, said the five suicide
bombers were intercepted at about 5:20 am trying to gain entry into Maiduguri.
He said members of youth vigilante group had prior intelligence that
there would be suicide bomb attacks on Maiduguri and as such they had
beefed up security around the troubled town.
He said the suicide bombers were sighted at the outskirts of the town
around Polo and Giwa barrack areas and were shot dead by the youth
vigilantes.
Gunda also revealed that they did not come in at once but different
times and since they did not stop to be searched by the vigilante, they
had to be shot.
He lamented that three of the vigilantes suffered serious injuries during the attack and had to be taken to the hospital.
He said: “Three of our boys had injuries from the attacks and are
presently on admission at the hospital, we were happy that five female
suicide bombers that wanted to sneak into the town to cause havoc were
killed.”
He added that: “We were lucky to have received prior information of
the intending attacks and we were watchful throughout night and day at
all points of entry into the town.”
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