A FEMALE suicide bomber detonated a bomb at a wedding ceremony on Saturday, June 29, in Tashan Mararaba, Gwoza town, Borno State, killing at least six persons and injuring others.
Security analyst, Zagazola Makama, disclosed this in a post on his X handle.
He said the bomber, who was later identified as a young lady in her early twenties, detonated her explosive device in the middle of the gathering, causing confusion and devastation.
Makama added that intelligence sources told him that the victims, who were all civilians, were returning from a wedding when the attack occurred near a busy motorpark.
It was discovered that emergency personnel raced to the area to save lives and get injured people to hospitals around Gwoza.
According to one of the sources, hospital staff members reported that the incident resulted in at least six fatalities and injuries to 15 people.
A source who spoke to Premium Times said more than two bombs went off on Saturday.
The source said two bombs went off at a security checkpoint, killing a soldier and two civilians after the first was heard at a wedding ceremony in Mararaban Gwoza.
According to the source, the third bomb went off “at a shopping mall and the fourth one at a burial ground.”
Speaking with reporters in Maiduguri, the state capital, the Borno State Commissioner of Police (CP), Yusuf Lawal, declared that a female suicide bomber was responsible for the attack.
Lawal claimed that at least six persons had died and that 15 others had been taken to the hospital by the Divisional Police Officer in Gwoza.
Borno has seen over a decade of insurgency, with thousands killed and millions displaced.
The Boko Haram insurgents have wreaked havocs on infrastructures and businesses, disrupting education, health, power supply, among others.
The group has been joined by the Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP) to terrorise the state.
Terrorism in the North-East region greatly affected Borno, Yobe and Adamawa between 2009 and 2018.
Speaking on its impacts, the Director-General of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), Segun Ajayi-Kadir, in May, this year, said about 56-60 per cent of its registered manufacturers in the North-East have ceased production due to escalating insecurity in the region.
Ajayi-Kadir emphasised that continued insecurity could further cripple the regional economy and lead to significant job losses.
He disclosed this in an interview with Channels Television, published on Saturday, May 18.
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