A statement from the Nigerian Police below...
On December 16th at about 9:10am, military personnel on Stop and Search
along Potiskum Road by Ashaka/Bajoga Junction intercepted one Honda
Odyssey vehicle with registration number AT 670 DKA (Yobe) driven by a
man later identified as Nuru Fika. The driver who claimed that the car
was faulty requested the security personnel to assist him in pushing the
car. But the driver was requested to open the booth for searching which
he refused. The booth was forced opened and Improvised Explosive Device
(IED) were discovered there in. The driver took to flight but was
arrested after sustaining gunshot wound, he was pronounced dead at the
Hospital. Police EOD team moved to the scene where ten (10) cylinders
were recovered from different compartments of the vehicle, all recovered
IEDs were safely detonated. State CID Gombe is investigating.
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