Three die as Boko Haram bombs church

Three persons have been confirmed dead in a bomb attack suspected to have been carried out by the Boko Haram sect at The All Christian Fellowship Church in Suleja, Niger State today.

Four persons were also seriously injured and rushed to hospital.

The incident was confirmed by the spokesman for the National Emergency Management Agency, Yushau Shuaibu.

Saharareporters says the group earlier today also bombed a target near the College of Legal and Islamic studies in the downtown area of the Borno State capital, Maiduguri.

The attack came a day after Borno State Governor Kashim Shettima was saved by soldiers from a Boko Haram plot.

Reports said suspected Boko Haram members gave a bomb to a 10-year-old boy and asked him to get as close to the governor as possible during his condolence visit to victims of recent attacks in the AA Kotoko residential area of Maiduguri.

However, the plot was foiled when soldiers discovered the bomb and defused it.

Also on Saturday, suspected Islamist militants threw a bomb at soldiers on patrol in the state capital and engaged the military in a gunfight at Kaleri in London Chiki area.

Source: http://www.punchng.com