Two female suicide bombers were the only casualties in an attack at a mosque in Maiduguri, Borno State, in the early hours of Saturday.

Officials say five other innocent individuals were wounded in the attack that occurred as Muslim worshippers were observing early morning prayers in the Jiddari Polo axis of the town.

According to the spokesman of the Borno State Police Command, Victor Isuku, the girls could not gain much access into the targeted mosque.

Hence one of them detonated her explosive killing her fellow attacker.

Isuku said that the incident occured “at about 0520hrs, today, when two female suicide bombers with IED strapped to their bodies attempted to enter a mosque at Juddumuri village, after federal high court.

“They were intercepted and prevented by the Muslim worshipers. In the process, one of them detonated her vest, killing both of them and injuring five others.

“The injured were rushed to the specialist hospital, while the remains of the suicide bombers were equally evacuated by state emergency management agency, SEMA.”

A second blast was later heard from the same location but the police spokesman said the sound was as a result of the defusing of the unexploded IED held by the second attacker, by men of the police ordnance department.