Members of a vigilante group in Madagali Local Government Area of Adamawa State on Wednesday shot dead three suspected female suicide bombers attempting to enter the Gulak market.
Gulak is the headquaters of Madagali Local Government Area.
He said the suspects were ordered by the vigilantes to stop, but they refused.
“The shots by the vigilantes detonated the explosives on two of the suspected bombers.
“We suspect the bombers were on their way to Gulak market as today is the market day,” Mohammed said.
When contacted, the spokesman of the 28 Task-Force Battalion, Mubi, Maj. Akintoye Badare confirmed the incident, which he said occurred at about 10am at Bakin Dutse, near Gulak town.
Badare did not say whether the suspected female bombers were children or adults.
“Things are now okay. Our men are at alert as usual,” Badare said.
NAN recalls that the Army had on Tuesday repelled attacks from some fleeing insurgents at Dar village in the same local government.
