A number of female suicide bombers, on Thursday evening, slipped into Sageri, Ajilari and other communities on the outskirts of Maiduguri, Borno State capital, and detonated bombs which left many dead and many injured.
It will be recalled that Ajilari ward, which is on outskirt of Maiduguri, had two days to Sallah, experienced a suicide bomb attack which left over 100 people dead with 97 seriously injured.
The multiple explosions in Sageri and Ajilari occurred at the same time, at about 7:30p.m., after which men of the 7 Division, Nigerian Army, responded with their artillery fire power.
It was gathered that female suicide bombers who sneaked into the area on tricycles, detonated their explosives at a popular public gathering near at tea seller joint (Mai Shai).
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