Arrested Boko Haram Member Says Over 8,000 Fighters Are In Damasak

The Nigerian military have reportedly arrested a suicide bomber, who escaped after her collaborators detonated bombs, Saturday morning along Gamboa Road in Maiduguri.

According to a source, who hinted on the arrest, the suspect revealed that 8,000 Boko Haram fighters were preparing to take over Maiduguri and free some of their militants in custody. 

The female suicide bomber, a member of the civilian JTF said, was arrested about three hours after the explosion hit the military checkpoint. 

He added that she ran to Dala Alemderi ward, where some of her accomplices also detonated explosives killing yet another five people.

The source said: “Her own bombs refused to detonate and she remove it from her body. She realized she did not want to die again and was begging us not to kill her. 

She said she was the lady with the other female bombers, who attacked the military checkpoint this morning."