Thousands of Muslims celebrating Maulud, which is the birthday of holy Prophet Muhammad, on Thursday escaped what would have possibly been an all-time record calamity, had some eagled-eyed vigilante operatives not intercepted five food flasks filled with bombs outside a popular Maiduguri mosque.

Five suspects believed to be members of Boko Haram loaded five big food flasks (otherwise known as coolers) on a hand-pushed cart and headed for Medinatu Mosques in the heart of Maiduguri, Borno state, where adherents of the Tijjaniya Islamic sect were marking the Maulud Nabiyi.
Fortunately, they were arrested before they got to their destination.

The arrested bombers, according to witnesses, earlier claimed the giant food flasks contained hot rice cooked to be delivered to the celebrating Muslims as gifts.

Normally, during such occasions, which normally attracts thousands of Muslims from different parts of the country, and even from outside it, to the popular Sheikh Abdulfathi mosque located in Medinatu neighbourhood of Old Maiduguri, individuals usually make charity donations in form foods and other consumables to help make visitors comfortable.

“When we saw them coming with handpush-cart filled with food flasks, we thought they were normal people that usually come here,” said Aminu Abdullahi, an operative of the Civillan-JTF.

“We almost passed them on when one of our members instinctively asked what the content of the large food flasks were, and they said ‘hot rice to be delivered to the Sheik’s guests’. All of us were almost deceived but when we insisted on seeing the flasks opened for proper inspection, the conveyors became jittery, and by the time we forced them to open the flask we were shocked to find coupled bombs in all the flasks”.

Witnesses said the arrested culprits were all surrounded before they could escape and handed over to the soldiers in the neighbourhood.

The spokesman of the Borno State branch of the Vigilante Group of Nigeria, Muhammed Abba Gava, who confirmed the development said, “it was an act of God that those bombs were Intercepted on time: we have over 5000 people converging in Abdulfathi’s mosque and who knows what could have become of them had those bombs detonated”.

Security has been beefed up in most parts of Maiduguri ahead Christmas on Friday.


Source: http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/195700-thousands-escape-death-in-maiduguri-as-civilian-jtf-intercept-bombs-concealed-in-food-flasks.html

Good

May God continue to expose them

God Bless the JTF.
God bless the NA.
God Bless Nigeria as a whole.

This is no fake news if it's coming from Premium Times. Haba And you tell me that BH have not been technically defeated like Buhari said? This desperation shows it all. The strong BH that seized Mubi, Dikwa, Gwoza, and nearly Maiduguri last year, is now the one trying to carry out bombing through food flasks. They are now near history. We are just a stone-throw from total victory.

When the World War II ended in 1945, there were still pockets of resistance from some diehard Japanese fighters for several months on, but victory was declared and the rest is now history!

I guess 'lie mohammed' lies has eaten u up to believe tht boko haram have being defeated

Hmm be careful during Christmas celebrations

Thank God oh, please friends be careful in this yuletide season. May we never fall victims of the enemy

Good for them.

GLORY BE TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST

hmmm

Thank GOD


Lai mohammed...

Here comes the BOKOS

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Imortal001:
Good

Good

Hallelujah!

ok

Thank God o. Who knows what would have happened now.

Thanks to the vigilant personnels as well.


God be praised in heaven.

I tot buhari said boko haram have been crushed ?

bh has been defeated

Lia mohd caused it. His statement will only make boko haram more aggressive. Alh lai, allow the military to do there work don't speak for them. Boko harams are not GEJ that take poo from u and ur party. Is almost a year since Buhari entered Aso rock, pls what have changed? Ngeneukwnu ,omenka and Egift shame on u. As Buhari continue to fail that is how u will continue to follow suit

Wow

Lai Muhammed for hear am!! All the same tank GOD for the disaster averted and kudos to those JTF!.

Lie Mohammed boys..

Soon Lie Mohammed will say they re not bokoharam but Biafran mercenaries..

Tnk God. Diz peeps wld hv truly served hot rice 'bombs' dat wld hv fed d 5000 to high heavens

who knows how many would have lost dia lives in the process. baba God thank you oooooo

in other news nairanlanders welcome me from my ban

holllandis:
No. Pics ....bogus

I bet you wouldn't need pics if the report had read: Bomb blast. 30 dead.

Civilian jtf
Hmmmmm