Security Forces Nab 10 Year Old Female Suicide Bomber

The rate at which the dreaded Islamic
insurgent sect, Boko Haram, go to recruit,
brainwash and intimidate young females
into
becoming suicide bombers, » is quite
alarming and calls for serious attention.
This call becomes necessary when the state
security service announced the arrest of a 10-
year-old girl named Hadiza Musa, who was
traveling with a group of terrorists in Katsina
State.
The little girl was found to have an explosive
belt wound around her and when she was
nabbed, she reportedly confessed that she was
forced to forced to strap the belt by some men.
According to the Director General of the
National Information Center, Mr. Mike Omeri,
the young Hadiza Umar was arrested in
company of two other people, a man and an
18 year old girl who is suspected to be a
groomed suicide bomber as well. »
Briefing newsmen on the capture, Mike Omeri
had this to say:
Security forces on Tuesday, July 29, at
about 10 pm along Zaria Road, Tudun
Wada of Funtua Metropolis, Katsina
State, arrested three suspects believed to be
members of the Boko Haram sect.
The three suspects consisted a male
named Iliya Haliru, and two females,
Zainab Musa, 18, and Hadiza Musa, 10.
The three suspects were arrested in a Honda
CRV. When they were directed to disembark for
security check, 10-year-old Hadiza was
discovered to have been strapped with an
explosive belt.
And immediately, Iliya and Zainab
made attempt to escape with the car
but were later blocked by other
concerned Nigerians and subsequently
arrested. The police successfully unstrapped
the explosive.
In the past few days, there has been cases
of young females blowing up themselves and
killing scores of Nigerians in apparent
suicide bombings. »