Police Uncover Bomb In Maiduguri

The Borno State Police Command reportedly “intercepted and defused” a bomb planted at the Kano Motor Park in Maiduguri, by suspected Boko Haram terrorists.

In a statement by the spokesman of the state police command, Gideon Jibrin, the bomb was uncovered at about at 1.35p.m. on Friday during the Juma’at prayers, Nigerian Guardian reports.

He said: “On December 5 at about 1330hrs, the attention of the State Intelligence Bureau (SIB) operatives of the command and civilian JTF men on duty at the Kano Motor Park, Maiduguri, was drawn to a bunch of suspected Improvised Explosive Devices concealed in a receptacle and planted near the exit gate of the Juma’at mosque at the motor park.”

Jibrin explained that the bomb disposal unit was promptly drafted to the scene where they found the IEDs ostensibly targeted at unsuspecting worshipers who were already in prayers.
He added that they neutralized the bomb, thereby preventing havoc on worshippers and travellers at the motor park.

He therefore called on members of the public to continue to be vigilant and alert the police and other security agencies to the activities of suspected persons, vehicles and objects so that prompt action can be taken.

Yesterday, the Nigerian military had announced that its soldiers had reclaimed at least four local government areas in Adamawa State that were previously taken over by the Boko Haram insurgents.

Meanwhile, Nigerian military has arrested Boko Haram’s professional cameramen while trying to flee.