The attack comes about three weeks after the Borno State Government sanctioned the return of internally displaced persons (IDPs) to the badly destroyed community which was reclaimed from the Boko Haram
... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality...The Sunday attack was the first since the return of Bama IDPs. But it has rekindled public concern on the security around the community, the second largest in Borno State after Maiduguri, the state capital.
Just before the IDPs were returned to Bama, the Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima, was in Bama on a two days working visit.
During his stay in Bama, the military command there informed the governor that although the town has been secured, the security around it was "unpredictable."
Notwithstanding the caution, the displaced persons, eager to return to their normal lives, were allowed to return to Bama.
The chairperson of the Borno State emergency management agency (SEMA), Yabawa Kolo, said four persons died and eight others were maimed in the early Sunday morning attack. The dead included the two suicide bombers.
Earlier, sources from Bama who broke the news on social media indicated that the attackers were two young people, who sneaked into a mosque in the community during an early morning prayer.
One resident of Bama said the attack took place "at a mosque around BAMA Dina area of Shehuri /Mairi/ Hausari ward of Bama town."
"The victims evacuated to military hospital for further treatment of serious injuries," Abba Masta said.
"Serious emergency medical attention needed with possible need of transportation to secondary health facility in Maiduguri for the survivors," Mr Masta, an active community leader in Bama, said.
He said medical services and facilities are still limited in the reclaimed town.
"Currently, no any ambulance in Bama to aid the transportation of the survivors. But we are currently making follow up to military 21 brigade for possible assistance," he said.