The state Police spokesman, Victor Isuku, said in a statement that a female suicide bomber, detonated an explosive strapped on her at a military checkpoint just in front of an internally displaced persons camp.
Ezugwu made the remarks on Wednesday while delivering a farewell speech to soldiers and officers of the division, following his redeployment to Nigerian Army Depot, Zaria, Kaduna State in the recent shake up in the Nigerian Army.
Although the Nigerian government has denied it, reliable military intelligence sources told www.icirnigeria.org that 80 Boko Haram fighters and five commanders were released in exchange for the 82 girls released by the insurgency group last week.
