No fewer than five members of the terrorist group, Boko Haram, were killed on Sunday in failed suicide bomb attacks.
The insurgents were made up of two females and three males.
Luck ran against them in their bid to infiltrate a Maiduguri community as they detonated the Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) strapped to their bodies.
They were the only ones killed.
The explosion, it was reported went off between 7.30 p.m. and 8.00 p.m. at Kaleri community in Maiduguri.
The Northeast Zonal Coordinator of NEMA, Mr Bashir Garrga, while confirming the incident, said three other persons were injured.
Confirming the incident, the Head of Emergency Response of the Borno State Emergency Management Agency, Malam Bello Danbatta, said: “One of the female bombers targeted a home, where a man and his wife were sleeping outside and detonated her explosive, injuring them.
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“The other female bomber knocked on a house and as the owner was opening, she quickly detonated her IED. The third bomber only destroyed a building, killing only himself.
“Nobody was killed except the bombers. They were trying to sneak into the neighborhood to cause havoc but their plans failed.
“Their dead bodies were evacuated to the state’s specialist hospital by the team. The injured were taken to the hospital by their love ones.”
