In the early hours of Friday, at about 4.00am, troops of 101 Battalion of 7 Division received a tip-off about impending attack in Maiduguri city by four suspected Boko Haram terrorists suicide bombers from Sambisa forest through Cashew Plantation, who were promptly stopped.
This was contained in a statement signed by the acting Director Army Public Relations, Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, made available to AUTHENTIC News Daily on Friday.
According to the statement, the ever vigilant troops responded decisively by intercepting and neutralizing of the suspected terrorists at Madiyari village, while the third suicide bomber was intercepted and neutralized at Jimini-Bolori village.
Unfortunately three soldiers sustained injuries in the process and they have been evacuated to the unit’s Regimental Aid Post (RAP), for treatment.
“The two unexploded Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) on the suicide bombers were safely detonated by a combined team of Nigeria Police and our Explosive Ordinance Device (EOD) experts,” the statement said
In a related development, the troops also arrested three suspected Boko Haram terrorists at Nwagafete village comprising two women and a 16 year old boy who were connected to suspected terrorists’ food vendors earlier arrested.
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