Maimalari barracks, the Headquarters of 7th Division of the Nigerian Army along Baga road in Maiduguri, today, narrowly escaped suicide bomb as the bomber was shot and exploded before he gained entrance into the compound.
Military source hinted that the suspected Boko Haram suicide bomber was already entering the gate of the barracks but that the soldiers managed to shoot him before he detonated the bomb.
”Our gallant soldiers shot the suicide bomber in the legs and he blew himself up. None of our soldiers were affected by explosion,” the source confirmed.
The Maimalari barracks is the Headquarters and Control Center of military operations in the Northeast region. [myad]
