Male suicide bomber kills own father, others in fresh bomb attack in Gambouru, Borno State.

Yesterday, January 3, a male suicide bomber blew himself up alongside 15 others at a mosque in Gambouru, Borno State.

Among the victims of the attack in the north-eastern part of Nigeria where the terrorists have made their base, was his father.

Recall that last Saturday, December 31, an assault was made on a military base in neighbouring Yobe State, where five soldiers were reportedly killed with 30 others whereabouts remaining unknown.

This latest of the Boko Haram attack which was carried out on Wednesday was said to have occurred around 5:00 am while worshippers observed their daily morning prayers.

The North East Zonal Coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Bashir Garga, said: “I can confirm to you that there was an attack in Gambouru Ngala, where 15 people were killed. A male suicide bomber carried out the attack. Some of our officials, the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), the military and the police assisted in the evacuation of over two dozen wounded persons to different medical formations in the town”.

Garga added, “Another suicide bomber yesterday detonated an explosive behind the Dalori displaced person’ s camp in Maiduguri, killing only himself”.

“Members of the public must be very alert and conscious as ever with strangers who come close to them. My team is working on safety tips that we are going to distribute to people on the new trends of suicide bombings in the North East”.

Major General Rogers Nicholas, Theatre Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, however, disclosed only five fatalities. “Our ground troops have already neutralised a suicide bomber at Rann, the council headquarters of Kala /Balge in Borno State”.

“Yes, but only five were killed and another suicide bomber neutralised in Rann”, he said.

Yakubu Isa who’s a resident of the town, corroborated the story of NEMA, saying: “The suicide bomber hailed from Gambouru town. He disowned his parents and joined the insurgents in the bush. He entered the mosque, blew himself into pieces, and killed 15 persons including his biological father”.