Suicide bomber kills self in foiled attack

A suicide bomber on Wednesday blown himself up in a foiled attempt to attack worshippers in a mosque in Sulaimanti area of Maiduguri in Borno State.

The suicide bomber, a male, was spotted around the mosque at about 5:45am local time while worshippers were already observing the morning prayers.

Upon interrogation, the assailant retreated and later detonated the explosives, targeting worshippers filing out of the mosque after prayers.

Only the suicide bomber was killed in the attack and four persons were injured.

Soldiers and bomb experts, who re-enforced to the scene dispersed the gathering crowd and fired at remains of the assailant detonating two other explosives in the process.

Sulaimanti, a Satellite residential area in south of the capital city of Borno State was last attacked late December last year.

Despite recent successes recorded by the Nigerian Army, security in Maiduguri has been stiffened with the recent ban on operations of tricycles from 7:00pm to 6:00am and strict enforcement of the 9:00pm to 6:00am curfew in the capital city.