A female suicide bomber on Sunday killed herself and a soldier close to the Quarter-guard of the 301 Battalion of Nigerian Army in Gombe, Gombe State.
There were however conflicting reports on how the incident which also injured another soldier happened.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the female bomber, was riding on a motorcycle and on approaching the gate of the military facility, hugged a soldier.
This, it said, led to a bomb concealed in her hijab to explode, killing both of them.
But the Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr. Abdullahi Jalo, told one of our correspondents on the telephone that the female bomber, who was on foot was asked by soldiers manning the entrance to the facility to turn back but she declined.
According to him, one of the soldiers ran after her not knowing that she had an explosive device concealed in her hijab which she immediately detonated.
The Director of Defence Information, Maj.-Gen. Chris Olukolade and the Special Adviser (Media) to the Gombe State Governor, Mr. Ayuba Alukwe, also confirmed the incident.
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