Nigeria: Suleja Attack - We Recovered 200 Ieds - Witness

7 December 2012

Abuja — Nigerian Army, Thursday, told a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja that it recovered over 200 different explosive making devices meant to be used by six apprehended members of the Boko Haram sect to attack an event attended by Vice President Namadi Sambo in Kaduna State on July 28, 2011.

Testifying under cross-examination yesterday, a Senior Army officer, who led the team of soldiers that caught the six accused persons while on their way to Kaduna State same day, told the court presided over by Justice Bilkisu Aliyu: "If you prime the dangerous components of Improvised Explosive Device, IED, we caught them with, them, it can bring down the whole of this high court building in matter of seconds."

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