The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says its Special Forces, in conjunction with some Nigerian Army troops, successfully foiled a suicide bombing attack by Boko Haram Terrorists (BHTs) at the University of Maiduguri, Borno on Sunday night.<\/p>\n
AVM Olatokunbo Adesanya, NAF\u2019s Director of Public Relations and Information, confirmed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe BHT suicide bombers tried to gain access into the University but were quickly detected by the NAF Special Forces.<\/p>\n
\u201cMeanwhile, the vest on one of the suicide bombers detonated before they could gain access into the hostel, leading to a commotion.<\/p>\n
\u201cHowever, there was no reported fatality except for the suicide bomber, whose counterparts immediately fled, when the NAF Special Forces and the NA troops opened fire on them.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe NAF Agusta Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) then went in pursuit of the fleeing BHTs, following which an additional suicide bomber was identified and neutralized,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Adesanya said the NAF Agusta LUH was still searching for the other fleeing terrorists at the time of filing this report.<\/p>\n
\u201cMembers of the populace, especially around the University premises are, therefore, requested to be very vigilant,\u201d the NAF spokesman said<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says its Special Forces, in conjunction with some Nigerian Army troops, successfully foiled a suicide bombing attack by Boko Haram Terrorists (BHTs) at the University of Maiduguri, Borno on Sunday night. AVM Olatokunbo Adesanya, NAF\u2019s Director of Public Relations and Information, confirmed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":81587,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[9734,43100,12100],"yoast_head":"\n