Suicide bomber attacks Redeem Church, 6 persons dead

Six persons(including the suicide bomber)  have been confirmed dead in a suicide bomb attack at Redeem church in Jigawa area of Potiskum.

According to a report, the bomber entered the uncompleted Redeemed Christian Church of God at 9:55 am and detonated his explosives, killing the worshippers, including a woman and her two children as well as the pastor. 

Am eyewitness, Garba Manu said the bomber arrived at the church on a motorised rickshaw disguised as a worshipper, entered the church without raising suspicion and detonated the bomb instantly killing five worshippers, including three females and two males were in the church. 

“The dismembered body of the bomber was also recovered,” he said. 

There was no immediate claim of responsibility but Potiskum, the commercial capital of Yobe state, has been hit repeatedly by Boko Haram Islamists in their six-year insurgency, including by suicide bombers.

The insurgents have also launched a series of attacks on mosques, villages and markets in neighbouring Borno state in the past few days, claiming more than 200 lives.