THE Defence Headquarters has said that Special Forces have foiled
an attempt by four suicide bombers to blast a Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation facility along the Maiduguri-Damboa Road, Mulai in Borno
State on Tuesday.
The four suicide bombers, two other suspected terrorists and 15
civilians died in the incident. Five soldiers, and 17 others were
wounded.
The Director of Defence Information, Maj.Gen. Chris Olukolade, who
confirmed the incicident in an electronic mail, said one of the terrorists was
arrested while eight vehicles were destroyed.
He said that three of the four cars laden with Improvised Explosive
Devices exploded when soldiers fired at them.
The statement by the DHQ spokesman reads, “Four terrorists believed to
be suicide bombers, apparently heading for an NNPC facility along
Maiduguri-Damboa Road have died in their IED-laden vehicles.
“The explosions took place at Mulai on the outskirts of Maiduguri. Three
of the four explosive-laden vehicles were demobilised by shots fired at them by
soldiers at the checkpoint shortly before the explosions that rocked the area.
“Five soldiers were wounded while the civilian casualties have yet to be
determined.”
He said that the DHQ would give details of the foiled suicide bomb
attack later.