No less than six persons have been killed and many others injured after a suicide bomb attack at a wedding in Tashan Mararaba, Gwoza town in Borno State.
According to security analyst and counter-insurgency expert, Zagazola Makama, who said the incident happened on Saturday, the bomber, a young lady in her early twenties, detonated her explosive device in the middle of the gathering, causing chaos and destruction.
Makama said he was informed by intelligence sources that the victims, who were all civilians, were returning from a wedding celebration when the attack occurred near a busy motorpark.
Speaking with reporters in Maiduguri, the state capital, the Borno State Commissioner of Police (CP), Yusuf Lawal, confirmed the attack saying it was carried out by a female suicide bomber.
Lawal said he was informed by the Divisional Police Officer in Gwoza, that at least six people were killed, with 15 others evacuated to the hospital.
