A female Boko Haram suicide bomber identified as Amina, who was captured by men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) on Tuesday in Maiduguri, revealed that she was paid N200 only to carry out the foiled suicide bombing mission.
Amina also revealed that she was abducted two years ago by the sect members in Madagali, Adamawa, and taken to Sambisa forest added that her father, mother and younger brother, Umar, were all killed when they tried to escape from the Boko Haram enclave where they were held hostage.
“They gave us N200 each which they said we should use to buy food for ourselves,” she said.“It took us three days to come to Maiduguri on a motorcycle. We were directed by the sect members to detonate our explosives anywhere we saw any form of gathering.
“They said if we press the button, the bomb would explode and we will automatically go to heaven.
“I was scared, so, I told them that I could not detonate any explosive. So, they said if Zainab detonated her own, it would serve the purpose.
“On our way to Maiduguri, we encountered the military and they were shooting. I was very scared and the people that brought us ran away.
“I am from Imam Shekau’s faction of Boko Haram, even though I have never seen Shekau. But I hear about him in Gobarawa.
“We came from Gobarawa along Damboa, Madagali and Algarno axis, in a community where a lot of us were held hostage and married off by the sect members.
“I also am married to a Boko Haram Commander known as Amir.”
According to the NSCDC Commandant in Borno, Abdullahi Ibrahim, the suspect had since been handed over to the Garrison Commander, 7 Division of the Nigerian Army, Maiduguri, for proper investigation while the Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, Maiduguri, Maj. Gen. Lucky Irabor, confirmed that the suspect was in custody of the Army, and that she would undergo investigation.
“We are going to profile her as she would give us the lead to get to other insurgents,” Irabor said.
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