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Boko Haram to unleash beggars as bombers

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In a bid to forstall further attacks by Boko Haram insurgents, in its renewed suicide bomb attacks, the Nigerian Army, Friday, raised the alarm over plans by the insurgents to use beggars as suicide bombers.

The Media Coordinator of Operation Lafıya Dole, Col. Mustapha Anka, stated this in Maiduguri, alerting Borno residents to be wary of the new antics of the terrorists.

“The attention of the Operation Lafiya Dole has been drawn to a terrorists’ intention to use beggars to cause mayhem in the state.

“Under the plan, concealed explosives in bundles of firewood are to be placed in crowded and strategic areas of Maiduguri and environs to cause havoc”, Anka state in a statement.

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