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Boko Haram bomber kills self, policemen at Borno Government House
[DAILYPOST.NG] The Nigerian Army on Thursday announced that a combined team of coppers maintaining security duties at the entrance of Borno State Government Secretariat, in Maiduguri, intercepted and prevented a male Boko Haram... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality... jacket wallah from entering the place to attack workers. Colonel Sani Usman, Director Army Public Relations, in a statement said in the process of stopping the terrorist, he detonated the Improvised Explosive Device (IED) on his body, killing himself, a policeman and critically injured another policeman who prevented him from gaining entry into the Secretariat Complex. He stated that the injured policeman died later, adding that 18 people that sustained various degrees of injuries have since been evacuated to hospital for treatment. "Troops have cordoned off the area and evacuated all workers from the Secretariat and reinforced security. "In addition, the Explosive Ordinance Device (EOD) and K9 teams have been mobilized to the Secretariat for screening until it is declared safe. "This unfortunate incident has reinforced the need for more security consciousness and awareness on the part of all of us as the remnants of the Boko Haram gunnies and their sympathizers still mingle with the society. "It, therefore, behoves on all and sundry to ensure that they are detected and prevented from carrying out their dastardly acts," the statement concluded.
kaboom!Thursday and killed at least five people outside government offices in Nigeria's northeastern city of Maiduguri, witnesses said. Another six people were maimed, the witnesses said, speaking on condition of anonymity ... for fear of being murdered... for their safety. Many more could have died but guards prevented the seemingly demented man from entering the complex, they said. Posted by: Fred 2016-05-13 |
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