by James Sambo

 

7 Boko Haram terrorists have gotten themselves killed in a failed bomb attack.

The incident occured on the night of Monday, December 29, when an Improvised Explosive Device hidden in a Toyota Pick-up van being driven by the terrorists, exploded before they could get to Biu Market, Maiduguri, Borno.

According to a security source, the suspected terrorists hid the explosives among bags of beans and maize to create the impression that they were traders going to the market.

However, their plan would end in futility, as the IED’s exploded before they could get to the market, which is believed to have been their main target.

The source said: “A Toyota pickup van loaded with maize and beans with IED hidden under it belonging to Boko Haram insurgents exploded near Chikwarkir village of Biu killing all its seven occupants.

“The insurgents must have intended to sneak into Biu Market to detonate the explosives and thereby kill many people. As you know, it is harvest period and people are taking their farm produce to the market but thank God the bomb exploded before they could get to the market.”

A transporter, Yusuf Ahmed, recounted that corpses of the dead Boko Haram members were seen along the roadside near Chikwarkir village.

He said, “We thought they were victims of an auto crash but the villagers told us they were members of Boko Haram sect that were trying to carry explosives to Biu Market but it exploded before they even got to Biu.”