The Borno Police Command on Tuesday, April 17, confirmed the arrest of a female suicide bomber at the Bakassi Internally Displaced (IDPs) camp in Maiduguri.
A statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Edet Okon, in Maiduguri, the state capital, revealed that the suicide bomber was arrested by men of the Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD) team, on Tuesday at about 6: 50 a.m. while lurking around the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp.
His words: "on Tuesday, at about 6:50 a.m., a female suicide bomber was sighted behind Bakassi IDP camp in Maiduguri metropolis.
"On sighting the bomber, conventional policemen alongside the EOD team swung into action and cordoned the area, to prevent escape of the bomber into the city. "The suspect, one Zara Idriss was rendered safe, arrested and is now in custody".