A statement from the Nigerian Police below...
On December 16th at about 9:10am, military personnel on Stop and Search along
Potiskum Road by Ashaka/Bajoga Junction intercepted one Honda Odyssey vehicle
with registration number AT 670 DKA (Yobe) driven by a man later identified as
Nuru Fika. The driver who claimed that the car was faulty requested the
security personnel to assist him in pushing the car. But the driver was requested
to open the booth for searching which he refused. The booth was forced opened
and Improvised Explosive Device (IED) were discovered there in. The driver took
to flight but was arrested after sustaining gunshot wound, he was pronounced
dead at the Hospital. Police EOD team moved to the scene where ten (10)
cylinders were recovered from different compartments of the vehicle, all
recovered IEDs were safely detonated. State CID Gombe is investigating.
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