Suicide bombers kill 14 in Biu

Two suicide bombers, riding on Keke Napep (tricycle) who canceled Improvised Explosive Devices on their body, rammed into a military checkpoints along Miringa- Biu road killing 14 people including two members of Civilian JTF and injuring several others mostly hawkers and men of Civilian JTF.

Senator Ali Ndume has said.

Sources also said the incident which took place at about 1pm on Tuesday left no fewer than 14 people mostly hawkers of groundnuts, garden eggs among others.

Sources added that two members of civilian JTF including a female vigilante who were assisting the military operatives also lost their lives in the explosion.

Miringa, is along the Damaturu- Buni Yadi-Biu road . Buni Yadi and its environs were captured and are still under Boko Haram control since July last year, while Biu is about south of Maiduguri, the Borno state capital.

Last week Thursday, 12th February, 2015, a female suicide bomber hit a crowded market in Biu killing 8 people with injuring of 15 others.

Sources said, the suicide bombers who disguised as a commercial taxi drivers managed to enter the long queue as a result of strict security checks at the entrance of the town, and when they were asked to park for thorough check by men of the civilian JTF, they humbly alighted from the tricycle before detonating their explosives simultaneously.

A resident of Mbulamyel ward of Biu which is not far from the seen, Mallam Ali Usman said, ” I saw a military vehicles conveying the dead and the injured to Biu General Hospital at about 1:30pm, but I cannot give you the exact figure of casualty as thevehicles was moving with high speed heading inside town”. He said.

Confirming the incident, Senator representing the area, Senator MohammedAli Ndume told Journalists that 14 people including the suicide bombers were killed with several others sustained injuries in the twin explosions, but the Caretaker Chairman of Biu Local Government Area, Alhaji Kumar Kadafur (Manager) who visited the scene insisted that 9 people including the female member of civilian JTF were killed in the explosions, while the injured are currently receiving treatment at Biu General hospital.

Source: Vanguard