Troops kill Gombe bomber, uncovers Kano bomb factory

The Defence authorities have said
a suicide bomber, who rammed a
Honda car primed with Improvised
Explosive Devices into a military
checkpoint in Bajoga, Gombe State,
have been shot dead by soldiers.
The Director of Defence
Information, Maj. Gen Chris
Olukolade, said in an electronic
mail on Wednesday that the
suicide bomber successfully
rammed the bomb-laden Honda
car into the military checkpoint
but the bombs failed to explode.
Olukolade said the soldiers reacted
swiftly by killing the bomber, who
was trying to flee the scene of the
incident.
He stated that the troops retrieved
the IEDs from the car and handed
them over to the police.
The statement read, “A suicide
bomber who rammed into a
military checkpoint in Bajoga,
Gombe State yesterday(on
Tuesday), failed to achieve his
mission.
“His attempt to escape also failed
as he was brought down by
vigilant soldiers when he tried to
flee after hitting a military
Amoured Personnel Carrier with
his IED-laden Honda car. The
explosives, which failed to
detonate, have been evacuated and
handed to the police.”
It was also stated that security
agents also raided a hide out of
terrorists in Nasarawa Local
Government Area of Kano Kano
State, where they uncovered 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.
The Defence spokesman added that
the military authorities had issued
a directive to all troops involved in
the counter-terrorism operation to
sustain the tempo of their
operations by ensuring that the
insurgents were prevented from
attacking civilian targets during
the festive period.