The police in Damaturu, the Yobe State capital, said they have recovered more explosives in one of the vehicles of the suicide bombers arrested at a checkpoint in Damaturu two days ago.
Police Commissioner Marcus Danladi told reporters at a news briefing that after a thorough search by men of the Explosive Ordinance Department (EOD) of the command on the scene of the attack, more explosives and arms were recovered.
He said: “Besides the high calibre military bombs recovered from the body of the female member of the suicide squad, on Tuesday investigators were sent to the scene with police EOD experts to evacuate the carcasses for investigation.
“Upon evaluation by the EOD men, six units of military mortal bombs and two heavy (50kg) improvised bombs, carefully concealed and primed, were recovered from the carcasses.”
Danladi said two military GPMG; general purpose machine gun; 500 live ammunition of GPMG; two units of Ak 47 assault rifles and two magazines of Ak 47 rifles were recovered from the scene.
The CP said the insurgents had an encounter with the police at Bara in Gulani Local Government.
He condoled with the families of the policemen, who died during the suicide attack.
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