Troops have foiled a suspected terrorist plot to attack road users after discovering and safely disposing of an improvised explosive device (IED) planted along the Maiduguri-Gamboru main supply route in Dikwa LGA of Borno state.
Quoting security sources, Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency publication focused on Lake Chad, reports that the high-pressure plate IED was believed to have been planted by suspected ISWAP/JAS terrorists to target military convoys and civilian motorists using the strategic highway.
Makama said the device was discovered at about 5:31pm on Thursday, July 16 by troops of the 3 battalion (mechanised) and the 24 task force brigade during routine operations in Maula.
The publication added that an explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team was immediately deployed to the scene and successfully rendered the device safe, allowing normal movement to resume along the route.
Makama quoted military authorities as saying troops have continued to
