A group of hunters on Monday, March 2, 2015 halted a supposed bloody attack from suspected terrorist on a mosque after killing the suspects at Tashar Marghi in Gombi town of Adamawa State.
One of the hunters who spoke anonymously in Yola said, “We were told by local hunters from Gombi that early today (Monday) when the Muslim faithful were observing prayers, a suicide bomber attempted to detonate a bomb at a mosque in the Tashar Marghi area of Gombi town but met his Waterloo.
“Early hours of Monday during the dawn prayers, a suicide bomber, who had two explosives on him, was shot and killed by local hunters.”
In a related development, residents of Gombi town were gripped with fear after they sighted a hovercrafts in military colours, disposing of some materials, which were later discovered to be expired bombs, in the surrounding bushes, reports Punch.
A source resident in the area identified as Mallam Kalla, said the suspected bombs were deposited behind the Walawa hills by military aircrafts.
He said, “We became suspicious of the said aircraft as it kept hovering over the town for a very long time and was depositing some particles (expired bombs) which at first, we thought were real bombs.
“After a long time encircling the town, the hovercraft finally deposited weapons suspected to be bombs behind the Gombi hills; but at first, we thought they were depositing real bombs. We were later told that the military was depositing expired bombs.”
The Police Public Relations Officer of the Adamawa State Command, Othman Abubakar, confirmed the two incidents and said that the bombs were expired.
He said, “Yes military authorities have confirmed to us that the bombs have expired, so, people should not be scared.”
