Tuesday May 27, 2025|
The military on Monday confirmed the killing of a suicide bomber at the Mogadishu Cantonment Abuja on Monday.
A statement from the Army Garrison said the incident occured around 2:34pm.
The statement read: “At about 261432A May 25, unidentified individual with planted Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) made attempted to infiltrate into Mogadishu Cantonment after dropping from a Golf car around Mogadishu Cantonment under the pedestal Bridge close to own troops checkpoint where passengers do drop before walking to take keke inside the Cantonment.
“When his movement become suspicious, he was stopped by the Military Police personnel on duty who asked him to shift back for proper identification and only for him to move few meters away and the IED he was carrying exploded killing himself and injured two others.
“The Injured victims are receiving treatment in Defence Mesical Centre. Meanwhile EOD team consisting Nigeria Police personnel arrive the scene and cordon off the place for scanning while corps of the victim was moved further investigations.”
