Troops kill suicide bomber in Gombe, discover bomb factory

The 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, have been
shot dead by soldiers.
The Director of Defence Information, Major Gennral
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 that 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.
“A suicide bomber who rammed into a military
checkpoint in Bajoga, Gombe State yesterday,
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 raided a
hideout of terrorists in Nasarawa Local
Government Area of 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.