Troops of Operation Lafiya Dole deployed around Gamboru
Ngala have successfully averted what would have been a major devastating
suicide attack carried out by three female Boko Haram terrorists against
innocent citizens in Gamboru town in Gamboru Ngala Local Government Area of
Borno State in the early hours of Tuesday.
Two of the suicide bombers, strapped with suicide vests had
attempted infiltrating Gamboru town at about 6.45 am when they were sighted by
a joint patrol team of vigilant troops and Civilian JTF at Unguwar Yobe area
shortly before entering the town. They were halted by the patrol team from a
safe distance and were ordered to unstrap their suicide vests, to which they
vehemently declined. All efforts and entreaties by the patrol team to make the
suicide bombers remove their IED vests failed as the duo adamantly approached
the troops armed with their IED vests. They were immediately neutralised by the
troops, while the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team (EOD) safely unstrapped and
detonated the suicide vests.
A third female suicide bomber was detected and intercepted
within the same general area and subsequently confessed to the joint patrol
that she and the other two terrorists had been dispatched at about 3.30 am on
Tuesday to unleash mayhem on Gamboru town. She also revealed the location she
had hid her suicide vest and led the troops to recover it. The recovered vests
and the surviving suicide bomber have been taken into custody for further
interrogations.
We call on the general public to be more alert and vigilant,
while going about their daily activities in their various communities to detect
suspicious persons and inform the security agencies accordingly.
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