Some-time last week, during
a stop and search routine Nigerian Police revealed that they disarmed a bomb in
Potiskum.
In a statement revealed by
the Nigerian police the stated that the bomb was discovered in a car as the
driver attempted to get the attention of the police.
The statement read: On
December 16th at about 9:10am, military personnel on Stop and Search along
Potiskum Road by Ashaka/Bajoga Junction intercepted one Honda Odyssey vehicle
with registration number AT 670 DKA (Yobe) driven by a man later identified as
Nuru Fika.
The driver who claimed that
the car was faulty requested the security personnel to assist him in pushing
the car. But the driver was requested to open the booth for searching which he
refused.
The booth was forced opened
and Improvised Explosive Device (IED) were discovered there in. The driver took
to flight but was arrested after sustaining gunshot wound, he was pronounced
dead at the Hospital.
Police EOD team moved to
the scene where ten (10) cylinders were recovered from different compartments
of the vehicle, all recovered IEDs were safely detonated. State CID Gombe is
investigating.
Potiskum has been attacked
several times by the insurgent group boko haram.
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