April 24, 2017
The Nigerian Army said two of senior officers escaped Boko Haram’s Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) on Saturday during an operational visit to troops in the battle fields.
The Chief of Administration (Army), Major General IM Alkali and the Acting General Officer Commanding 7 Division Nigerian Army, Brigadier General VO Ezugwu’s convoy encountered the IEDs and cleared 4.
A statement yesterday by Army spokesman, Brigadier General Sani Usman said the explosives were buried by suspected insurgents along the senior officers’ route from Bama to Gwoza at about 10.00am on Saturday, 22nd April 2017.
He explained that they encountered the 4 clustered IEDs buried at a crossing point along Banki Junction and Pulka road, about 6 kilometres to Firgi in Borno State.
