Seven people were feared killed after a suspected member of the Boko Haram terrorist group attacked a mosque in Buni Yadi, Yobe State.
Channels Television gathered that the female suicide bomber carried out the attack on Friday morning when the Muslim faithful gathered to observe the morning prayer.
However, police authorities and the state government have yet to confirm the attack or the casualty figure in the incident.
The attacker reportedly blew herself up and died instantly while an unconfirmed number of worshippers were reported injured in the incident which occurred in Gujba Local Government Area of the state.
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A source said a man who tried to prevent the suicide bomber from entering the mosque was part of those injured and efforts are ongoing to move the wounded victims to the hospital.
The suicide bomber reportedly killed seven people less than two weeks after members of the outlawed group invaded the Government Girls Science Technical College (GGSTC), Dapchi, also in Yobe State.
The insurgents had abducted some students from the school while the Federal Government declared that 110 girls were unaccounted for after the invasion on Monday last week.
Boko Haram Terribly Degraded
Obviously concerned by the abduction, President Muhammadu Buhari vowed that the government would never give up on any of its citizens, as the life of every Nigeria is valued.
To this end, the President had directed the security agencies to ensure the safe release of all Nigerians in the custody of Boko Haram terrorists, including the Dapchi schoolgirls.
Amid the latest attacks by the insurgents, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, maintained that while the war against Boko Haram insurgency has not ended, the terrorists have been terribly degraded.
Adesina, who appeared recently on Channels Television’s political programme, Sunday Politics, noted that President Buhari’s administration has recorded a notable progress in the war against the insurgency.
“If the operating word is ‘totally’, the answer is no obviously – but has Boko Haram been degraded? I will say yes! terribly so. You can compare then and now, they have been terribly, terribly degraded but is the war over? No, it is not completely over,” he had said.
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Seven Feared Killed As Boko Haram Attacks Yobe Mosque
