Nigerian Troops Gun Down Female #BokoHaram Bomber Who Was Trying To Trick Them At Checkpoint

A photo taken on March 15, 2015 and released by the Nigerian Army press service the next day shows troops crossing the Kaffin-Hausa bridge earlier destroyed by terrorists and reconstructed by military engineers at Damasak in northeastern Nigeria Borno State. A military offensive by troops from Chad and Niger on March 9, 2015 has retaken the northeastern Nigerian town of Damasak and left some 200 Islamists dead, a Chadian security source said Monday. Boko Haram had held the town near the Niger border since November. AFP PHOTO/HO/NIGERIAN ARMY

The Nigerian Army said on Monday that it gunned down a female Boko Haram bomber on Sunday while she was trying to trick them at a checkpoint in Borno state.

“On Sunday 11th September 2016, evening, a suspected female suicide bomber was seen approaching troops check point located at Kara Cattle market axis, Dikwa, towards Antul and Mukdala,  Dikwa Local Government Area, Borno State,” said Colonel Sani Usman.

“She was challenged from afar by the vigilant duty sentry, she refused to stop claiming to be coming from Monguno to see her parents in Dikwa. Troops, sensing the direction of approach was suspicious and abnormal,  fired a shot at her and the sentry gallant sentry was proven right as she was carrying a Person Borne Improvised Explosive Device (PBIED) which exploded with a loud bang, killing her instantly and causing minor injury on 2 soldiers and a  Civilian JTF assisting them”.

A photo taken on March 15, 2015 and released by the Nigerian Army press service the next day shows troops crossing the Kaffin-Hausa bridge earlier destroyed by terrorists and reconstructed by military engineers at Damasak in northeastern Nigeria Borno State. A military offensive by troops from Chad and Niger on March 9, 2015 has retaken the northeastern Nigerian town of Damasak and left some 200 Islamists dead, a Chadian security source said Monday. Boko Haram had held the town near the Niger border since November. AFP PHOTO/HO/NIGERIAN ARMY

The injured soldiers and the civilian have been treated and have continued with their duties, he said.

Colonel Usman said the incident has shown that “there are a few of the remnants of the Boko Haram terrorists that are determined to carry out criminal acts to create panic and insecurity in some areas”.

He said there is also very “reliable information that remnants of the Boko Haram terrorists now disguise or pretend to be mad men or women in order to gain access to some locations especially in Maiduguri”.

“Consequently, all should be very wary of any seemingly mentally unstable or mad men or women found wandering and report same.

“Therefore, it is imperative for all to be more security conscious and vigilant especially during the Eid festivities and public holidays”.