By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri –
Borno State Police Command on Monday said it has successfully defused a bomb planted by suspected Boko Haram and ISWAP terrorists at Dalori IDPs located along Konduga -Bama road at the outskirts of Maiduguri metropolis .
The Borno State Commissioner of Police, CP Abdu Umar, disclosed this during a press briefing in his office at the Police Command Headquarters Maiduguri.
CP Umar said the Explosive Ordnance Disposal(EOD), personnel of the command were immediately dispatched to the scene for disposal and evacuation when the intelligence reached the police authorities before it could cause any havoc
According to him, “The bomb fear started at about 6:00 am when an item concealed in a sack was thought to be an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) and spotted within the vicinity creating fear and panic as IDPs at the camp. They abandoned their shelters and fled for safety away from the camp which is nearer to the University of Maiduguri and Dalori and Dangote Housing Estates on opposite direction.
“An unidentified element suspected to be an IED planted inside a plastic bucket with a panel close to the fence of the camp by suspected insurgents was discovered.
“The IED was successfully defused by the EOD team without causing any casualties,” Umar said
He further disclosed that the general area has been sanitized by personnel of the EOD department and confirmed safe for normal activities while appealing to the residents of the area and IDPs to return to their homes and business places as normalcy has returned to the area.
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