Residents Warned To Remain Indoors As Army Detonates Boko Haram Bombs In Maiduguri

The Nigerian Army has started the detonation of
bombs recovered from the outlawed Boko Haram sect
during the recently concluded military operations in
Borno, Yobe and Adamawa States, code-named
Operation BOYONA.
In a statement yesterday, spokesman of the 7 Division
of the Nigerian Army in Borno State, Lt. Col. Sagir
Musa, said the military would be destroying large
quantities of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs)
recovered during the recent operations in Borno,
Yobe and Adamawa States (Operation BOYONA).
He therefore warned residents and members of
Chabbal, a community in the outskirts of Maiduguri,
including farmers and herdsmen to remain indoors,
as the exercise commenced today.
On the recent attacks and killings on the Maiduguri-
Damaturu road and in Benishiekh town, the
spokesman said: “Following the recent strikes on this
road and Benishiekh, by the suspected Boko Haram
terrorists, the 7 Division of Nigerian Army is seriously
concerned and is acting with the view to containing
this ugly trend, not only on the affected road, but
other roads; as well as in its other areas of
responsibility.
“The whole effort is to destroy terrorism and ensure
the protection of people’s life and property. Members
of the public are requested to continue to remain
resilient and security conscious at all times, as the 7
Military Division is poised to eradicating this
madness.”
Meanwhile, the military also disclosed that it killed
several members of the Boko Haram sect and
arrested 15 others in Yobe State, following their
alleged killing of 40 students of the College of
Agriculture, Gujba, last weekend.
Spokesman of the Army in Damaturu, Captain Eli
Lazarus, in a statement, said several members of the
terrorists group were killed in ground and air strikes,
which was carried out by officers and men of the
command.
“After the attack on the college of Agriculture in
Gujba, our men carried out an operation around the
Gujba axis and a camp of the insurgent was raided
and several members of the insurgents were killed
while 15 others were arrested,” Lazarus said.
Those arrested, according to him, are currently
undergoing investigation and have been giving useful
information to the military that will help in tracking
down the hoodlums.