Troops yesterday averted what could have been a bloodbath as they intercepted four suspected suicide bombers making their way into Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.
The Director of Army Public Relations, Col. Sani Usman, who disclosed this in a statement, stated that soldiers intercepted the suicide bombers and neutralised them, while unexploded improvised explosive devices were safely detonated.
As stated by him “At about 4.00am, troops of 101 Battalion of 7 Division received a tip off about impending attack in Maiduguri city by 4 suspected Boko Haram terrorists’ suicide bombers from Sambisa forest through Cashew Plantation.
“The troops responded decisively by intercepting and neutralising the suspected terrorists at Madiyari village. The third suicide bomber was intercepted and neutralised at Jimini-Bolori village”.
Usman lamented that three soldiers sustained injuries in the process and had been evacuated to the unit’s Regimental Aid Post, RAP, for treatment.
As stated by him, “the two unexploded Improvised Explosive Devices, IEDs, on the suicide bombers were safely detonated by a combined team of Nigeria Police and our Explosive Ordice Device, EOD, experts.”
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