A teenage female suicide bomber crept to a sandbag post where CJTF members were on guard. Before they could react, she detonated her explosives, killing three CJTF members
11 Jul 2017 · Molai area, Maiduguri, Borno
Deaths
4
Injured
5
Kidnapped
0
Total casualties
9
Perpetrators
Boko Haram
Response
Danbatta Bello, spokesman for the Civilian JTF, provided a detailed account of the attacks on his members, describing how the bombers targeted their checkpoints and tea vendor joints
Displacement
0
Socioeconomic drivers
Proving that even a fortified position offers no protection against a determined Person-Borne Improvised Explosive Device(PBIED).
Trajectory
No longer trying to overrun checkpoints with trucks (as in 2014), the group adopted low-decibel warfare, using single, silent infiltrators to dismantle the city's defensive ring piece by piece.
Cycle notes
Mirrored earlier Boko Haram assaults on Civilian Joint Task Force positions and informal security outposts, particularly ambush-style attacks on vigilante checkpoints and roadside posts in Borno, reflecting a recurring tactic of using female and adolescent bombers to exploit lower suspicion and penetrate guarded civilian-security interfaces. It also aligns with the group’s broader pattern of targeting CJTF members in everyday resting or surveillance contexts, such as tea stalls and informal posts, underscoring a sustained strategy of undermining community defense networks through close-range suicide detonations in urban peripheries of Maiduguri.
Pattern
Civilian JTF Targeting and Suicide Bombings
Related — Bombing/IED
Boko Haram carried out its most intense attack on Maiduguri in months, targeting vulnerable displaced persons and a key transportation hub. In the first phase of the attack, three female suicide bombers detonated explosives at Muna Garage, destroying vehicles and trucks loaded with goods destined for export to Chad and nearby border communities. In the second phase, soldiers opened fire on gunmen riding motorcycles who were escorting other suicide bombers, resulting in the deaths of at least six additional bombers.
An explosive device detonated at a beer parlour near the Tundun Wada motor park in Jos, Plateau State. The blast occurred around 8 p.m., hours after a devastating car bombing in Kaduna, and forced residents to cut short their Easter celebrations. The explosion was believed to be from an improvised explosive device (IED). The blast site was located about 300 metres from the headquarters of the military Special Task Force (STF) and barely 200 metres from the Plateau State Governor‘s Lodge. STF spokesman Captain Markus Mdahyelya stated that no one was killed or injured, but eyewitnesses reported that about four people sustained injuries and were taken to Jenvak Hospital. A correspondent who visited the hospital confirmed that only one person was admitted due to trauma, while the others were treated and discharged.
At approximately 9:30 pm – 10 pm (local time; 21:00 GMT), a Volkswagen Golf car packed with explosives detonated on Middle Road in Sabon Gari, the predominantly Christian district of Kano. The bomber was a male (age unknown). The blast occurred prematurely—the car exploded before reaching its intended target, believed to be a Monday morning bus station—destroying six cars, shattering windows of two‑storey buildings, and sending debris over a wide area. Local journalists suggested the bomber may have been headed elsewhere and the explosion happened while he was on the move.