Explosion At Bomb Factory Kills BokoHaram Members -

Residents of Kaleri ward in London Chiki
area of Maiduguri Metropolitan Council were
again thrown into confusion at about
10:30a.m when explosions were heard at a
residence close to the fence that divides
University of Maiduguri and Kaleri ward.
Saturday Tribune correspondent, who was
at the scene, can authoritatively report that
the blast killed three of the sect members,
who were suspected to be preparing the
bomb for possible attacks in the state
capital.
The house, which the sect members used as
their bomb making factory, was completely
destroyed as its roof was scattered all
around the environment.
Also, the bodies of the sect members which
were torn into pieces were all over the place
while Improvise Explosive Devices (IEDs)
which were yet to be detonated were also
seen at the site of the blast.
Saturday Tribune reports that residents have
since deserted the area following the blast
as none of the family members of the sect
members were seen around.
Women and children’s wears were also
scattered all over the place.
Speaking with Saturday Tribune, the Field
Operation Officer of the Joint Task Force on
Operation Restore Order in Borno State, Col.
Victor Ebhaleme said, “This is what we are
faced with everyday in ensuring that peace
returns to Borno State. But many people do
not know this. Therefore, it is your duty now
to tell the whole world so that they would
understand what we have to be contending
with day in day out.”
He said, “One wonders the kind of
technology the sect members are using as
they appeared unschooled but dangerous,
making an unimaginable weapon of
destruction.
“You can see how they are making the
explosives and attaching a wristwatch to it
as the timer. This is to show you that they
have gone far in this their operations, but
thank God the thing is exploding with
them.”
According to him, the sect members have
been going round robbing people of their
funds to come and build houses at the
outskirt of town only to turn their homes
into bomb making factory, adding: “They
are the same the people that are going
round town to set fire on school buildings
of recent.”
“You know, when you come around here,
you cannot know that such thing is going
on. You see them as labourers working, or
people who have run away from trouble
areas. But these same people are the ones
going about taking innocent lives and
destroying people’s properties. Who knows
where they would have taken this
explosives to? All the same, they are finished,
their hands led them to their death,” he said.