Police confirm killing of five persons

The Borno State Police Command yesterday confirmed the killing of five persons in Saturday’s suspected suicide attack near Maiduguri.
Police Commissioner Aderemi Opadokun, who spoke at a news conference in Maiduguri, said: “There was explosion on Saturday about 0754hrs, when four suspected female suicide bombers detonated explosives at Dala Yazaraye village, near Molai, on the outskirts of Maiduguri.
“Five persons, including the four suicide bombers, died in the explosion.”
He said security agents had cordoned off the scene where four persons were injured, adding that they had been hospitalised.
The po lice boss said investigation was ongoing.