Nigeria’s Defence Headquarters, DHQ, has alerted the general public that the Boko Haram insurgent group has adopted new tactics of dressing like mentally deranged individuals to carry out suicide bombing.

Director Defence Information, Brigadier General Rabe Abubakar said in a statement on Saturday that “It has come to the notice of the Defence Headquarters that Boko Haram, in their desperation to cause colossal havoc, have now devised a new method where they dress like mad persons to gain unsuspecting access to public areas to detonate bombs.
The Defence spokesperson said this tactic was used by members of the insurgent group who carry out the bomb attack which claimed five lives in Adamawa State on Friday.

“The 2 male suicide bombers, dressed like mad women and carried out suicide bomb attack in Gombi, Adamawa State, is instructive in this direction. Five people lost their lives and several others were wounded in the heinous attack by these ungodly people.”

The Defence Headquarters therefore urged Nigerians to be wary of mad persons approaching markets, public places or crowded areas so as to nip this ugly trend in the bud.

“Nigerians are also enjoined to be security conscious at all times and should endeavour to report any suspicious person or object to security agencies for prompt action,” Rabe said in the statement.