A suspected Boko Haram suicide bomber, Ibrahim Mohammed, has confessed to receiving payments ranging from ₦70,000 to ₦100,000 for carrying out deadly missions against worshippers in Maiduguri.

Mohammed was captured by troops of Operation HADIN KAI, working in collaboration with local hunters in Yobe State. During interrogation, he admitted involvement in the December 24 attack on the Gamboru Market Mosque in Maiduguri, which left five people dead and 32 others injured.

He revealed that the operation was directed by Boko Haram commanders based between Adamawa State and the Mandara Mountains.

“My name is Ibrahim from Michika in Adamawa. We came to Maiduguri to plant bombs in Izala Mosque. We were sent by our leaders, Adamu and Abubakar, who gave us two IEDs to plant in the mosque,” he said.

The suspect explained that suicide bombing had become a monetized assignment within the terror network.

“I was paid money ranging from ₦70,000 to ₦100,000 per mission,” he confessed.

Mohammed further narrated how the Gamboru Market Mosque attack was executed. He said the explosives were planted when the mosque was empty after the Zuhur and Asr prayers.

“We entered pretending to pray. My colleague was digging to plant the IED in the middle of the mosque while I was digging by the side,” he recounted.

According to him, the devices were timed to detonate during Maghrib prayers.

“As worshippers gathered, after the first raka’at, we detonated the bomb. We set the timing for five minutes. Shortly after, I ran to the market area,” he said.