The target, according to the National
Emergency Management Agency, is a military
checkpoint at the city centre in Maiduguri.
But the terrorists barely reached the point
before they ended their lives.
Their remains have been deposited in a
mortuary at the specialist Hospital in
Maiduguri.
After news of the botched attack filtered into
town, the Borno State governor, Kashim
Shettima, summoned a meeting of some
prominent community leaders and Emirs, on
how to end insurgency in the state.
Maiduguri has been under serious attacks
from the terrorists in the last two weeks. On
Friday, two female suicide bombers attacked
a mosque, killing six people.
Also on Friday, a suicide bomber, ran into
a mosque in Yola, Adamawa state, killing 16
people.
In all, 22 people were killed in one day, in
the north east.
No group has claimed responsibility for the
attack.
But a terrorist group, the Boko Haram, has
carried out similar attacks in the past.
