Scores die after stepping on IEDs along Maiduguri-Damboa-Chibok road
Scores of motorists and travellers were, yesterday, feared dead as they stepped on Improved Explosives Devices, IEDs, planted by terrorists, suspected to be members of Boko Haram sect, on Maiduguri-Damboa-Chibok road. The terrorists, who also razed houses, were said to have also invaded Njilang village in Whuntafu ward of Chibok Local Government Area of Borno State, killing three persons. Sources and Executive Chairman of the council area, Umar Ibrahim, confirmed this to Vanguard in Maiduguri, yesterday. They, however, could not confirm the death of the scores of motorists and travellers via IEDs’ explosion, as unconfirmed report indicated that the motorists and passengers were plying the recently reopened Maiduguri-Damboa-Chibok-Askira/Uba road when the trucks conveying them with foodstuff stepped on IEDs planted by suspected terrorists. Several others reportedly sustained injuries. However, sources and residents told our correspondent that the armed insurgents invaded Njilang at abou...