By Musdafa Ilo, Maiduguri

Six female suicide bombers were part of a failed Boko Haram insurgents’ attempt to force their way into Borno towns Friday evening, as they killed scores of civilians and injured 21 others, the state police commissioner, Aderemi Opadokun, has confirmed.

Opadokun, who made this known to reporters through text, said the attack happened around 7.00pm.

“Six (6) female Suicide bombers detonated IEDs on their bodies while trying to infiltrate Maiduguri via Muna garage on Mafa/Dikwa road, killing themselves and many others.”

However, the attackers were unsuccessful, as a combined team of the military and youth vigilante group succeeded in pushing the insurgents back.

According to a security source, the insurgents advanced from Koshebe village in Mafa, about seven kilometres from Zabarmari in Jere local government area before the government forces took them on.

Friday’s attack came few days after the insurgents similarly invaded Kukawa, Monguno, Malari and Miringa and killed about 200 people.