What could have resulted to high casualty figure was averted in Maiduguri, Borno State, Saturday night, as a female suicide bomber blew herself up few minutes to the New Year.

The lone female suicide bomber had targeted a crowd at a tea joint, in Custom area of Maiduguri, opposite Sanda Kyarimi Primary School.

A source, however, CEOAFRICA that those within the area, who were suspicious of her movement, took to their heels as she was trying to detonate the bomb.

The source said there was no other casualty, as only the suicide bomber killed herself in the blast.

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