Boko Haram turned college lab into bomb factory –Army

The military yesterday said it discovered that Boko Haram has turned the science laboratory of a state-run College of Education in the recently liberated Dikwa town in Borno into a bomb making factory.

Acting Director Army Public Relations, Colonel Sani Usman said troops from the 7 Division of the Nigerian Army in Mai­duguri continued the operation to free Borno central town of Dikwa from the vestiges of Boko Haram after recapturing the town.

Usman said in a press state­ment yesterday that the troops while conducting mop up op­erations to clear Dikwa of the insurgents discovered that they had been using the college labo­ratory in the town to manufac­ture explosive devices.

“Troops also discovered that the terrorists have converted the abandoned Chemistry laborato­ry of Dikwa College of Educa­tion into an Improvised Explo­sives Devices making factory,” he said in the statement.

He said troops also recovered four Toyota Hilux vehicles dur­ing the operation. “Some of the equipment recovered from the laboratory include a welding machine and mine detector,” he added.

The military had last week­end announced it recaptured Dikwa from Boko Haram barely a year after the insurgents returned to the town. They were initially dislodged by Chadian troops on regional cooperation.

Credit: The Sun