Two female suicide bombers were killed in Maiduguri, Borno State while attempting to sneak into Maiduguri metropolis.
Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Victor Isuku, made this known on Sunday.
The incident, according to Isuku, happened Sunday evening along Maiduguri-Gamboru highway.
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He said while one of the suicide bombers detonated an Improvised Explosive Device (IEDs) strapped to her body and killed herself, the other bomber was gunned down by security operatives before she detonated the bomb concealed in her body.
He disclosed further that the Police EOD teams had been deployed to the scene to sanitise the area.
