An 18-year-old Boko Haram suicide bomber, Amina, who was
intercepted by men of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) on
Tuesday in Maiduguri, said she was given N200 for the mission.
She told our correspondent in Maiduguri that she was
abducted two years ago by the sect members in Madagali, Adamawa, and taken to
Sambisa forest.
“It took us three days to come to Maiduguri on a motorcycle.
We were directed by the sect members to detonate our explosives any where we
saw any form of gathering.
“They said if we press the button, the bomb would explode
and we will automatically go to heaven.
“I was scared, so, I told them that I could not detonate any
explosive. So, they said if Zainab detonated her own, it would serve the
purpose.
“On our way to Maiduguri, we encountered the military and
they were shooting. I was very scared and the people that brought us ran away.
“I am from Imam Shekau’s faction of Boko Haram, even though
I have never seen Shekau. But I hear about him in Gobarawa,” Amina said.
She said that her father, mother and younger brother, Umar,
were all killed when they tried to escape from the Boko Haram enclave where
they were held hostage.
“We came from Gobarawa along Damboa, Madagali and Algarno
axis, in a community where a lot of us were held hostage and married off by the
sect members.
“I also am married to a Boko Haram Commander known as
“Amir”.
The NSCDC Commandant in Borno, Abdullahi Ibrahim, said the
command had handed over the suspect to the Garrison Commander, 7 Division of
the Nigerian Army, Maiduguri, “for
proper investigation’’.
The Theater Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, Maiduguri,
Maj.- Gen. Lucky Irabor, confirmed that the suspect was in custody of the Army,
and that she would undergo investigation.
“We are going to profile her as she would give us the lead
to get to other insurgents,” Irabor said.
News Agency of Nigeria reports that personnel of the NSCDC
had earlier intercepted two female suicide bombers, who tried to ram into
motorists at the NNPC Mega Station along Damboa Road, Maiduguri.
The Commandant of the corps, Ibrahim Abdullahi, said that
the incident occurred at about 6.45 a.m.
“Our personnel at the NNPC station intercepted two female
suicide bombers who were targeting motorists on the long queue at the NNPC mega
petrol station at about 6.45 a.m.
“One of the bombers got scared and threw away her bomb and
was instantly arrested, while the other one began to run after people with her
explosive but luckily, she was shot on the leg by our personnel after he chased
her to a safe place,’’ Ibrahim said.
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