The troops were able to foil the sinister plot with the collaboration of hunter groups in Yobe.
The commissioner urged the people of the state to help the police with useful information that would aid investigations.
“Sadly, five soldiers and two Nigeria Police operatives sustained varying degrees of injuries from the IED detonated by the criminals.”
“As the chief security officer of the state, Governor Nyesom Wike must do his duty to offer equal protection of the law to all citizens of the state.”
The army spokesman said the neutralised members had taken a position to launch one of their primed rocket launchers when they were taken out by the vigilant troops.
In a statement released in Maiduguri, the MNJTF stated that “About four IED making factories were destroyed in the course of the operations so far.”
