Nigeria Military Defence Headquarters has said that Special Forces foiled an attempt by four Boko Haram suicide bombers to blast a Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation facility along the Maiduguri-Damboa Road, Mulai in Borno State on Tuesday. The incident which claims the live of the four suicide bombers, two other suspected terrorists and 15 civilians died in the incident. Five soldiers, and 17 others were wounded.
The Director of Defence Information, Maj.Gen. Chris Olukolade, confirmed the incicident saying that one of the terrorists was arrested while eight vehicles were destroyed. He said that three of the four cars laden with Improvised Explosive Devices exploded when soldiers fired at them.
The statement by the DHQ spokesman reads, “Four terrorists believed to be suicide bombers, apparently heading for an NNPC facility along Maiduguri-Damboa Road have died in their IED-laden vehicles.