At about 9.00am
this morning, troops of Operation LAFIYA DOLE deployed behind Bakassi
Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp, Damboa road, Maiduguri, on
security duty, intercepted and killed a male suicide bomber who had
attempted to sneak through the troops’ inner parapet towards the IDP
camp.
The vigilant
sentry sighted the bomber and laid in wait until the suicide bomber came
close. The sniper instantly shot and killed the terrorists as he tried
to force his way to the western flank of the IDP camp fence.
Unfortunately,
the Improvised Explosive Device (IED) vest strapped on the bomber failed
to detonate. Consequently, a combined team of military and police
Explosive Ordinance Device (EOD) have been called to safely detonate the
IED.
The situation at the camp and the general area is calm.
Colonel Sani Kukasheka UsmanActing Director Army Public Relations
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