The Nigerian Army has said 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 and cleared 4 Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs).
A statement on Sunday from Army spokesman, Brigadier
General Sani Usman said the explosives were buried by suspected Boko
Haram members 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 kilometers to Firgi in Borno State.
He said the Explosive Ordinance Device team were able to quickly detect the deadly IEDs and safely extracted and detonated them.
Usman noted that the two senior officers were on
operational visit to troops of 26 Task Force Brigade deployed for
Operation Lafiya Dole currently engaged in Operation Deep Punch.
The team among other places visited 1211 Task Force Battalion Pulka, the army statement said.
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