About 7 people yesterday Thursday 4th May 2017,  confirmed dead in a suicide attack that took place at the Mandarari ward in Konduga Local Government Area of Borno state last night. The state Police Public Relations officer, Murtala Ibrahim, said the attack happened at about 11pm. Read his statement below…

“Yesterday at about 22.45 hours, two suspected female suicide bombers detonated explosives strapped to their bodies at Mandarari ward in Konduga LGA, killing themselves and five others. Six persons sustained various degrees of injuries. The corpses and injured persons were evacuated to General Hospital Konduga, and normalcy restored to the area.”