A soldier escaped death by a whisker at a Friday mosque in Nasarawo ward in Yola after he was mistaken by worshippers to be a suicide bomber.
An eyewitness who confirmed the incident said the soldier arrived the mosque during Friday congregation and refused to show the content of his bag when he was asked to do so by security guard cordoning off the mosque.
He said the security guards were not only checking cars but also the contents of any suspected item brought to the mosques during worship.
It has been known facts that bomb attacks on mosques, churches and markets have killed hundreds of people in the Northern part of the country, hence nobody is exempted from being checked when they arrive the mosque or a church to curtail the activities suicide bombers.
Residents said it took the intervention of vigilantes members who whisked him to Dubeli Police Station where he was protected by the police, saying people were apprehensive because of recent bomb blasts in some states.
Confirming the incident, the Police Public Relations Officer of Adamawa State Police Command, DSP Othman Abubakar, said the soldier was attending Friday prayer at the mosque when a false alarm was raised against him.
He said if not for the timely intervention of the police, the soldier would have been lynched, advising the public to report suspicious persons to the police instead of taking the law in their hands.
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