Troops foil attempt by 3 insurgents to bomb Gamboru
Troops of Operation Lafiya Dole deployed around Gamboru Ngala have averted a suicide attack by three female Boko Haram terrorists on Gamboru town, Gamboru Ngala Local Government Area of Borno.
A statement by the Army spokesman at Operation Lafiya Dole, Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, said the attack was averted in the early hours of last Tuesday.
Two of the bombers, strapped with suicide vests, according to the statement, had attempted infiltrating Gamboru town at about 6.45 am when they were sighted by a joint patrol team of 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.”