Troops Foil Plot To Bomb IDPs Camp in Maiduguri

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Members of the Joint Task Force in Maiduguri, Borno State, on Thursday arrested two suspects – a teenager and an adult apparently primed to bomb a displaced persons camp in the city.

One of the suspects, according to a statement issued by the Army Spokesman in the area, Col. Sani Usman, is among the senior members of the sect recently declared wanted by the army.

The statement said, “The vigilant troops of 7 Division, Nigerian Army Garrison Command, providing security service at the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp found an 11-year-old boy, Master Usman Modu Tella, a potential suicide bomber and an older suspect close to the Dalori displaced persons’ camp in Maiduguri.

“The older suspect is number 82 on the poster containing the photographs of 100 most wanted Boko Haram terrorists recently released by the Nigerian Army.

“Preliminary investigations revealed that the suspect was from Bama Town and is among four other children trained for suicide bombing by the Boko Haram terrorists. The three others have already carried out their missions at different locations. The teenager’s job was to do same in the camp sometime in the future.”

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