Again, Boko Haram terrorists plant IED on Borno highway, kill 11 farmers
Terrorists have yet again planted an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) leading to the unfortunate death of eleven farmers in Firgi community, Pulka Ward of the Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State.
Neptune Prime gathered that an open-body vehicle conveying the farmers to their farmlands stepped on an IED and immediately exploded, killing the farmers and two others on their bicycles.
According to a source in the humanitarian sector, the IED was planted on the shoulder of the main road leading to the farm.
The passengers of the vehicle died while the driver sustained serious injuries that left him in critical condition.
The time of the explosion was not ascertained but the source said the incident happened on Monday morning.
The IED was suspected to have been planted by Boko Haram terrorists who have renewed attacks on commuters within communities in the North-East state.
Monday’s incident occurred barely two days after six pupils of the Tsangaya Quranic Centre in Gubio town were killed by an IED which exploded near the Tsangaya in the Gubio Local Government Area of Borno.
Earlier this month, Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum, revealed that the recent explosion of landmines killing commuters, security agents and locals across different locations are renewed attempt to frustrate the rebuilding of destroyed communities and resettle internally displaced persons to their ancestral homes in the state.
There have been reports of explosions along Maiduguri-Dikwa-Marte-Ngala roads which killed security personnel, civilian Joint Task Force members, humanitarian workers and many others.
