Female suicide bomber kills self, injures 3 others in Yobe

A female suicide bomber in Buni Yadi, Yobe killed herself and injured three others when a bomb wrapped around her exploded in the early hours of Friday.

An eyewitness, who declined to be identified, said the incident occurred at about dawn prayer time at Fulatari ward in Buni Yadi.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the injured persons had been taken to the hospital and were in stable condition.

Buni Yadi, a former stronghold of Boko Haram insurgents, was reclaimed by security forces in 2015 and currently has army formations, including a military training institution.

Colonel Kayode Ogunsanya, the spokesman of 3 Division, Nigeria army could not be reached for comments as his phone was switched off.