A female suicide bomber, who was
arrested by the vigilante group also known as civilian JTF, revealed,
yesterday, that 50 other female suicide bombers have been let loose in
Maiduguri, the Borno State capital with a mandate to kill 100,000 persons
before the end of December 2014.
The arrested female bomber disclosed
this on a day the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Kenneth Minimah vowed that
Boko Haram will be defeated. This came as former Head of State, General Yakubu
Gowon charged the army chief and his commanders to urgently correct the
negative perception about Nigerian soldiers abandoning their weapons and
running away in the midst of the fight against Boko Haram terrorists.
The female suicide bomber was said
to have been arrested by civilian JTF at the entrance gate of the University of
Maiduguri, while another was apprehended at the busy Post Office area of the
metropolis, yesterday.
The arrest came barely a day after
two female suicide bombers blew themselves up in Maiduguri Market on Monday,
killing 22 civilians and injuring 48 others.
Upon their arrest, one of the
suicide bombers was said to have confessed before being handed over to security
operatives that 50 female members of the sect have been initiated and are ready
to wreak havoc in Maiduguri and environs before the end of 2014 .
Following this disclosure, sources
said, tension is now very high in the Borno capital as students of the
University of Maiduguri had to undergo serious check by security operatives
before being allowed into the campus.
It was gathered that already,
students have been banned from entering the campus with their vehicles as only
lecturers enjoyed this privilege after rigorous checks and identification.
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