Plans by Boko Haram insurgents to unleash
mayhem in Borno State was averted on
Friday morning when the Police Anti-Bomb
Squad demobilized Improvised Explosive
Devices, IEDs, planted near the Gamboru
market.
It was learnt that the two IEDs were planted
near the market and a Juma’at mosque, both
places usually witness large turn-out of
people on Fridays.
According to witnesses, nobody was killed
but shops and stalls near the market have
been destroyed even as the explosives, which
were detonated in a controlled explosion, left
in their wake, large craters near the scene.
It was gathered that tragedy was averted
when the attention of youth vigilantes, also
known as civilian JTF was drawn to the
scene.
“The civilian JTF immediately called the Anti-
Bomb Squad and the army. They cordoned
off the area and swung into action”, said
Marafa Abdul, a trader near the scene.
“They detonated the first blast but the
impact suddenly ignited a second one which
nobody knew was there. We are happy
nobody was affected”, Abdul added.
The Gamboru market, in terms of size and
patronage, is next only to the Monday
Market, which was scene of a deadly twin
suicide attack on Monday.
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