Four people including a woman and her baby were among those killed on Sunday morning as an Improvised Explosive Device went off today at Biu in the Maiduguri area of Borno state.
According to a statement released by the Army through the acting public relations officer, Colonel S. K. Usman, the undetected IED was planted a longtime ago by the roadside close to a military checkpoint. According to the Army the device was triggered as a tricycle mistakenly stepped on it.
“Preliminary investigations shows that the IED was buried a long time ago undetected. It exploded when the tricycle erroneously stepped on it. We commiserate with the families of the victims of this sad incident. This unfortunate development has brought to the fore the need for more security consciousness and vigilance among all.
The Army also announced the death of a soldier who died at the hospital after sustaining injuries from the explosion.
“We regret to state that the injured soldier also died at the hospital. The general area has been cordoned off, and Explosive Ordinance Device (EOD) team from Forward Operation Base (FOB) in Buratai have been mobilised further to carry out a search of the area.
“We would like to reiterate that the explosion would not deter us from seeing to the end of Boko Haram terrorists wherever they might be hiding through our ongoing clearance operations.
“We use this opportunity to solicit for more cooperation from members of the public to enable us to succeed in the fight against the remnants of these criminal elements going by the appellation Boko Haram terrorists,” he said.
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