N100,000 To Kill Worshippers: Boko Haram Suspect Confesses To Maiduguri Mosque Bombing, Poses As Rescuer After Attack

Ibrahim Mohammed, a suspected Boko Haram operative arrested over the deadly mosque bombing in Maiduguri, Borno State, has confessed that he was paid about N100,000 to carry out the attack that killed worshippers on Christmas Eve.

We recall that no fewer than five people were killed while 32 others sustained injuries after a suicide bomber detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) inside a mosque at Gamboru Market.
Mohammed, one of two suspects arrested by troops in connection with the explosion, said he acted on the orders of his commanders, identified as Adamu and Abubakar. He disclosed that the operation was coordinated by Boko Haram leaders operating between Adamawa State and the Mandara Mountains.
According to Zagazola Makama, a counterinsurgency-focused platform, the suspect revealed chilling details of how the attack was executed.
“We came after Zuhur and Asr prayers when the mosque was empty. 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,” Mohammed said.
In a disturbing twist, Mohammed admitted that after the explosion, he returned to the scene pretending to be a first responder.
“When I returned to the mosque, they were evacuating dead bodies. I helped them convey the corpses and injured people in emergency vehicles,” he confessed.
He further disclosed that after the bombing, he travelled to Yobe State for additional terrorist assignments, including reconnaissance on military positions and hunters’ groups ahead of planned attacks.
“After the mission, I proceeded to Yobe for another assignment, to carry out recce on military positions and hunters’ groups for possible attacks on new recruits,” he said, adding that he was paid between N70,000 and N100,000 for each operation.
Mohammed also claimed he belonged to a wider terror network responsible for multiple attacks across the North-East, with links to factions of Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad (JAS), Ansaru, and Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM).
He was arrested on Monday in Damaturu, Yobe State, by local hunters working with Operation Hadin Kai during a raid on a suspected hideout. Security sources said his unusual presence among a group of Almajiri pupils aroused suspicion, leading to his arrest and interrogation.
The suspect also revealed that plans were underway to attack the new Izala Mosque near Tashan Joni, but the plot was aborted due to heightened security in the area.