According to army spokesman, Col. Sani Usman who confirmed the death of eight people and eight others severely injured, due to a suicide bombing in Maiduguri, the victims, mostly women and children from Dikwa, were undergoing security screening at a military checkpoint.
According to CNN report, the bomb detonated among people displaced by Boko haram violence. Nigeria troops liberated Dikwa from Boko Haram in July this year, hereby allowing people from the town to return home under military protection. but due to lack of food and other basic necessities, people had to flee.
According to the Global Terrorism Index 2015, compiled by the Institute for Economics and Peace, the militant Islamist group has become the deadliest terrorist group in the world and has also pledged alliance to ISIS
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