ABUJA: Inya (@inya01) and Ben200 (@Benjaminubiri) on the MIDDAY DIALOGUE Thanks to our gallant Military Officers, another bombing was averted yesterday in Gombe and here is the story. Please Read: MILITARY CAPTURES SUICIDE BOMBER IN GOMBE Nigeria’s Defence authorities have said that a suicide bomber who rammed a Honda car primed with Improvised Explosive Devices into a military checkpoint in Bajoga, Gombe, state has been killed by soldiers. The Director of Defence Information, Maj. Gen. Chris Olukolade, said the suicide bomber who successfully rammed the bomb-laden car into the military checkpoint was killed by soldiers while attempting to flee the scene. He stated that the troops retrieved the IEDs from the car and handed them over to the police. General Olukolade further added that security agents also raided a hideout of terrorists in the Nasarawa Local Government Area of Kano, Kano State and discovered a bomb-making factory in the area. Olukolade said that some bomb-making experts arrested by the security agents were already undergoing investigation. According to him, the security forces were expecting the latest arrests to give some useful clues into the activities of the sect. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Posted on: Thu, 25 Dec 2014 11:47:32 +0000
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