Boko Haram camps: Army Destroyed Gulf Cars With IEDs In Borno State

Nigeria Troops in Borno state have destroyed several gulf cars that were laden with Improvised Explosive Devices by the Boko Haram insurgents in the North East.

Investigation revealed that the insurgents wired the IEDS to the gulf cars known as the operational vehicle of choice to the insurgents, while fleeing camps that came under bombardment from troops of the Nigerian Army and air Force fighter jets in Bama, sambisa and other areas of Borno State.

On Wednesday, a source  said, some members of the sect confessed during interrogation that most of the Gulf cars in the camps had IEDs planted on them, so the military take cautions. It was learnt that four insurgents arrested by soldiers during a battle at Bama made the revelation that the cars were carrying IEDS during interrogation.

The source could not give the exact number of cars that have been destroyed by the Special Forces since the discovery that the gulf cars were carrying IEDs. But the source added that the commanders had instructed the soldiers to ensure a systematic detonation of the bombs in the camps.

It was said that soldiers had verified the claim of the captives by firing at the gulf cars which were said to have exploded. "Those people planted bombs in most of the gulf cars used for their operations in the various camps in Bama, Sambisa and other camps.

"Their strategy was to abandon the gulf cars with bombs planted on them so that when soldiers go to pick them, they could explode and kill them en masse.

"But luck was not on their side; four of them were arrested at Bama during the battle there three days ago. It was these people that confessed during interrogation that most of gulf cars which have been left in the camps were laden within bombs," he said.

Director of Defence Information, Maj. Gen. Chris Olukolade, has earlier said, "the military would not ignore any intelligence received in the ongoing campaign against the insurgents which had proved very useful."