- Witnesses reported the incident occurred during routine operations along the Mafa/Konduga LG axis when the operatives drove over an IED believed to have been planted by Boko Haram terrorists
On Tuesday, an improvised explosive device claimed the lives of two members of the Borno State Civilian Joint Task Force, with eight others injured in Mafa town, Mafa Local Government Area.
Witnesses reported the incident occurred during routine operations along the Mafa/Konduga LG axis when the operatives drove over an IED believed to have been planted by Boko Haram terrorists.
“It happened around 4pm when the CJTF members were out on their routine operation driving in their vehicle through a bush path between Mafa and Konduga,” an official of the CJTF in Maiduguri confirmed.
“Two of them died on the spot while eight sustained serious injuries and were immediately rushed to the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital for treatment,” the official added.
A statement from the information unit of Mafa LG, had earlier quoted the Local Government Chairman, Goni Gonibe, as confirming the incident, describing it as “a great loss to the fight against insecurity in the state.”
The two deceased CJTF members were buried in Mafa town immediately on Tuesday, according to Islamic rites
The burial, according to the statement, was attended by the LGA Chairman, Goni Gonibe; the member representing Mafa at the State House of Assembly, Baba Ali Modu; the LG Secretary, Alhaji Sale Bukar; and some top ranking military officers of the Operation Hadin Kai Theater Command.
Immediately after the burial, the LGA chairman, his entourage and other sympathisers visited the UMTH to commiserate with those injured and assured their families of proper medical care for them.