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Averted Explosion: Suicide Bomber Caught with Explosives Hidden Inside Stabilizer (Photos)

Posted by Odinaka on Mon 18th Jul, 2016 - tori.ng

In what could have turned out to be another disaster, Troops of 101 Battalion, 7 Division Garrison on foot patrol have intercepted a suspected male suicide bomber.

The Boko Haram suicide bomber

The gallant Nigerian military troops in a suburb of Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, has disarmed a suspected suicide bomber who was primed to carry out an attack on innocent citizens using an explosive device concealed in an electronic stabilizer compartment.

According to reports, the Boko Haram suspect identified as Yusuf Tasiu, confessed that he was on a mission at the instance of his other members to carry out attack on the community where he was intercepted.

In a statement Army spokesman, Sani Usman, said that “troops of 101 Battalion, 7 Division Garrison on foot patrol along with some elements of Civilian JTF, intercepted a suspected male suicide bomber at Sabon Gari Jidari.”

“The suspect carrying primed Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) concealed in a blue stabilizer casing gave his name as Yusuf Tasiu. He was dispossessed of the explosives while the Nigeria Police Explosive Ordnance Devices expert safely detonated it. The suicide bomber is currently being interrogated.”