Indications have emerged that the fatal casualties recorded in one of the suicide bombings that occurred in Maiduguri early Saturday were the suicide bombers themselves.

The Four suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers were killed today by the explosives they were carrying in a tricycle after a failed attempt to enter a large bus station in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, witnesses and security sources said.

A thunderous explosion resonated all over Maiduguri at exactly 7:11am.

According to witnesses, the bombers went after a passenger bus that was coming out of the Borno Express Terminus filled with travellers, but could not get the bomb detonated on time.

The Keke-NAPEP later exploded killing all the passengers except one that managed to alight shortly after the bike hit the rear of the moving passenger bus.

Eye witnesses said the suicide bombers tried to enter the terminus to detonate the bomb but were stopped by security operatives at the entrance who asked them to park outside because as an old rule, only cars and busses were allowed into the park.

The bombers were sad to have made another failed attempt through the exit gate, a distance of about 300 meters apart.

The suicide bombers, as a last resort, decided to take it on a bus that had loaded its passengers and exiting the terminus. The tricycle driver was said to have driven after the bus and tried to ram into its rear, but the driver was quick to speed off – and seconds later the tricycle exploded.

“When they came initially, we suspected some foul move as the Keke-NAPEP rider came to attempt taking passengers into the station; everyone knows only cars and buses enter the park, but here we had a tricycle rider trying to ride in. Only a total stranger would want to ride Keke-NAPEP into the park”, said Aliyu Danmalam, a Civilian-JTF operative.

“It didn’t occur to us to quickly arrest him, rather we sent him back. He even tried going through the exit gate but later changed his mind. He then waited, with his passengers still ‎on board, for a bus to come out before he decided to attack”.

“One of the passengers on suicide tricycle was said to have escaped seconds after the rider drove his tricycle unto to the rear of the moving bus before it exploded. He was later arrested by youth group who went after him. But one woman and two other persons were injured due to the explosion”, said Aliyu Danm