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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