Female bomber blew herself outside a Kano Mosque.

A female suicide bomber last night blew herself into pieces outside a popular Kano Mosque, Umar Ibn Khattab, on Zoo Road in the Kano metropolis a few minutes after rounding off the night prayers.

An eyewitness, Sulaiman Ibrahim, said the teenage bomber attempted to enter the mosque when the explosives went off, in the process killing herself and injuring some members of the vigilante group guarding the mosque.

This came as the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. General Kenneth Minimah, monday released of 182 suspected members/associates of the Boko Haram insurgents to the Borno State Governor, Alhaji Kassim Shettima.

The eyewitness said the incident happened at about 9.21p.m. after the congregation of Isha and Tarawe prayers, which were conducted earlier than usual.

It was gathered that the bomber had observed that the vigilante members attached to the mosque screening people with electronic devices, and decided to retreat and hide within the vicinity of the mosque.

According to him, the girl eventually summoned up courage and headed towards the mosques but missed her target and blew herself off instead.

Police spokesman in Kano, Musa Magaji Majia, confirmed the explosion, saying that it was only the female suicide bomber who was killed in the attempted attack on the mosque.

Majia said the area was condoned off by a combined team of security operatives, adding that calm was restored shortly afterwards.

He said only few persons sustained injuries during the failed attacked.