Two female suicide bombers died in the attack they carried out near the depot of NNPC in Damboa road, Maiduguri early on Friday.

Scene of suicide bomb attack near the NNPC depot on Damboa road in Maiduguri on Friday (3/3/17).

The Police Command in Borno state confirmed multiple blasts.

The command’s spokesman, Victor, said on Friday, ““Our men are still working at the scene”.

He promised to release details of the attacks later.

Ibrahim Abdulkadir, a staff of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), in Maiduguri, said that one of the bombers detonated his explosives,

He confirmed that the suicide bombers were earlier noticed by civilian Joint Task Force (JTF).

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