Bomb Kills Soldier, Others at Biu Military Checkpoint

A commercial tricycle, equally known as Keke NAPEP, on Sunday, detonated a bomb when it unknowingly ran over an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by the side of the Biu-Damboa road, close to a military checkpoint on the outskirts of Biu town, Borno State. Making this known in a statement, spokesman of the Nigerian Army, Col. Sani Usman stated that the incident occurred at 8.15 am yesterday (Sunday). According to him, “Unfortunately, the IED exploded instantly killing four persons comprising a woman and her baby and two other male adults. “Three other persons were injured including a soldier and they were immediately evacuated to Biu General Hospital. We regret to state that the injured soldier also died at the hospital. “Preliminary investigations show that the IED was buried a long time ago undetected. It exploded when the tricycle erroneously ran over it. “We would like to reiterate that the explosion would not deter us from seeing to the end of Boko Haram terrorists wherever they might be hiding through our ongoing clearance operations. “We want to use this opportunity to solicit for more cooperation from the public to enable us to succeed in the fight against the remnants of these criminal elements going by the appellation ”˜Boko Haram’.”