Nigerian troops and members of the Civilian JTF in Maiduguri, Borno State prevented an attack by a pregnant suicide bomber and another female bomber along Samboa road.
Troops of the Nigerian army successfully repelled an attack by some Boko Haram terrorists who were believed to be fleeing from the military onslaught in the North East.
The federal government has congratulated the troops of the Nigerian military for finally seizing the Sambisa Forest from the Boko Haram terrorists and securing the Northeast, paving the way for the re-opening of two strategic roads in Borno State.
Nigerian Soldiers in the ongoing clearance operations in the Northeast have averted what would have been a suicide bomb attack in Yamtake, Gwoza Local Government of Borno State.
The Nigerian army authorities have said that five Nigerian soldiers and four members of the civilian vigilante group were killed on Sunday in an ambush by Boko Haram terrorists in Damboa local government area of Borno State.