In a report that has just been released, UNICEF said it has recorded eighty-three of such cases in the past eight months of this year alone, which is four times higher than the entire figure for last year.
According to the UNICEF Report, fifty-five of the human bombs deployed by Boko Haram were girls under the age of fifteen, including a baby that was strapped to the back of a young girl.
UNICEF described the child bomb tactic as an atrocity causing fear and suspicion of children released by the militants.
The UN children’s agency concluded that one hundred and twenty-seven children have been used as bombers in north-east Nigeria since 2014.
