An attack was on Monday averted on a mosque at Tashar Marghi in Gombi town of Adamawa State when a suspected suicide bomber was killed by hunters in the area.
A member of hunters in Yola, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said, “We were told by local hunters from Gombi that early today (Monday) when the Muslim faithful were observing prayers, a suicide bomber attempted to detonate a bomb at a mosque in the Tashar Marghi area of Gombi town but met his Waterloo.
“Early hours of Monday during the dawn prayers, a suicide bomber, who had two explosives on him, was shot and killed by local hunters.”
In another development, residents of Gombi town were gripped with fear after they sighted a hovercrafts in military colours, disposing of some materials, which were later discovered to be expired bombs, in the surrounding bushes.
According to a resident of the town, Mallam Kalla, the suspected bombs were deposited behind the Walawa hills by military aircrafts.
He said, “We became suspicious of the said aircraft as it kept hovering over the town for a very long time and was depositing some particles (expired bombs) which at first, we thought were real bombs.
“After a long time encircling the town, the hovercraft finally deposited weapons suspected to be bombs behind the Gombi hills; but at first, we thought they were depositing real bombs. We were later told that the military was depositing expired bombs.”
While confirming the two developments, the Police Public Relations Officer of the Adamawa State Command, Othman Abubakar, said on the telephone that the bombs in questions had expired.
He urged the residents to go about their business as the bombs would not cause any harm.
Othman added, “Yes military authorities have confirmed to us that the bombs have expired, so, people should not be scared.”
On the killing of the suspected bomber, he said the DPO of the area had confirmed the development to the police command but had yet to give details. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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