The Defence Headquarters has said that troops foiled a suicide bomb attack on a military barracks in Gombe Sunday morning.According to the Defence Spokesman ,Major General Chris Olukolade a soldier and a lady suicide bomber died in the incident at the entrance of the barracks.
Olukolade said “Troops mounting a security check point at a Barrack entrance in Gombe this morning intercepted a lady suicide bomber while she was attempting to gain entry into the barracks.
“ The lady suicide bomber who had primed herself with improvised explosive devices concealed under her Hijjab was intercepted when troops acting on intelligence report indicating that a terrorist group was plotting to attack Barracks around Gombe using female suicide bombers, halted her and as she was being searched the bomb detonated killing the lady,”Olukolade said
He confirmed that “Unfortunately one of the troops conducting the search also died while another was wounded in the explosion.”
“Normal activities have since resumed in the barracks”,the statement said.
