Nigerian army reacts to car explosion at Borno checkpoint

– No fewer than nine people were killed on Tuesday, November 1 morning after a bomb exploded inside a pickup van in Borno state

– The Nigerian army has made comments regarding the explosion

The Nigerian Army has said that 8 suicide bomber blew themselves up at a military checkpoint in Gubio, Borno State on Tuesday, November 1.

The acting director army public relations, Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman in a statement posted on Facebook said the suicide bombers came in a Bedford pick-up vehicle primed with Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), including suicide vests.

Read the statement below:

“Troops of Operation LAFIYA DOLE deployed at a checkpoint in Gubio, Gubio Local Government Area of Borno State at about 9.15am this morning, foiled a suicide attack on Gubio town by 8 Boko Haram terrorists.

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The suicide bombers who came in a Bedford pick up vehicle primed with Improvised Explosive Devices including suicide vests, attempted to force their way through the checkpoint but met stiff resistance from troops who insisted that the vehicle be thoroughly checked.

The suicide bombers refused and blew up themselves by detonating one of the suicide vests killing all the 8 Boko Haram terrorists on board.”

In a related development, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the attack on the Nigerian Army by Boko Haram insurgents.

The PDP in a statement on Tuesday, November 1, said that the ambushing of the military and killing of soldiers and civilians in the process were uncalled.

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