Watch Out For Boko Haram’s New Tactics, Army Alerts Nigerians

The Nigerian Army has warned of some new tactics it said the
Boko Haram insurgents now employ to get at residents mostly in
Borno State.

The Army spokesman of the Operation Lafiya Dole, Col. Onyema
Nwachukwu, in a statement he issued yesterday in Maiduguri, said,
“Recent developments indicate that the terrorist group is now
exploiting deceptive tactics to lure unsuspecting members of the
public to target areas before detonating their suicide bomb to
attain maximum casualty.”

He said they now caused confusion or staged something of mass
appeal that made people to gather around them before they detonate
their suicide bombs. Another antic, he said, is by abducting
children who are on errands, strapping them with suicide vests and
sending them back home where the suicide bomb detonates to kill
members of the household.

“These deceptive tactics have been found to have played out in
recent suicide bomb attacks carried out by the Boko Haram
terrorists. Members of the public are therefore advised to
sensitize their children and wards,” he said.

The Nigerian Army has warned of some new tactics it said the
Boko Haram insurgents now employ to get at residents mostly in
Borno State.

The Army spokesman of the Operation Lafiya Dole, Col. Onyema
Nwachukwu, in a statement he issued yesterday in Maiduguri, said,
“Recent developments indicate that the terrorist group is now
exploiting deceptive tactics to lure unsuspecting members of the
public to target areas before detonating their suicide bomb to
attain maximum casualty.”

He said they now caused confusion or staged something of mass
appeal that made people to gather around them before they detonate
their suicide bombs. Another antic, he said, is by abducting
children who are on errands, strapping them with suicide vests and
sending them back home where the suicide bomb detonates to kill
members of the household.

“These deceptive tactics have been found to have played out in
recent suicide bomb attacks carried out by the Boko Haram
terrorists. Members of the public are therefore advised to
sensitize their children and wards,” he said.