I was paid N100,000 to bomb worshippers – Suspected Maiduguri suicide bomber
A suspected Boko Haram suicide bomber, Ibrahim Mohammed, captured by troops of Operation HADIM KAI in collaboration with hunters in Yobe Yell has printed chilling essential parts of how he was once recruited, paid and deployed to enact deadly attacks on worshippers in Maiduguri, admitting that he got as much as N100,000 for suicide bombing missions.
Ibrahim, who confessed to involvement within the December 24 suicide bombing at the Gamboru Market Mosque in Maiduguri, stated the operation was once deliberate and carried out under the directive of Boko Haram commanders running between Adamawa Yell and the Mandara Mountains.
Zagazola quoted him as asserting at some level of interrogation: “My name is Ibrahim from Michika in Adamawa. We got here to Maiduguri to plant bombs in Izala Mosque. We had been despatched by our leaders, Adamu and Abubakar, who gave us two IEDs to plant within the mosque.”
The suspect disclosed that suicide bombing had change steady into a paid assignment all the best plot by strategy of the grief network. “I was once paid money ranging from N70,000 to N100,000 per mission,” he stated.
The Gamboru Market Mosque assault claimed five lives and left 32 worshippers injured, plunging Maiduguri metropolis into confusion at some level of the festive interval.
Narrating how the assault was once carried out, Ibrahim stated the operatives exploited lessons when mosques had been empty to plant the explosive devices.
“We got here after Zuhur and Asr prayers when the mosque was once empty. We entered pretending to pray. My colleague was once digging to plant the IED within the center of the mosque whereas I was once digging by the aspect,” he stated.
In response to him, the devices had been coupled and timed sooner than the Maghrib prayers.
“As Muslim faithful gathered to pray Maghrib, after the first raka’at, we detonated the bomb. We put the timing for five minutes. Quickly after, I ran to the market feature,” he stated.
