The Joint Task Force (JTF) on Operation Restore Order (ORO) on Sunday confirmed an early morning blast along Bama road in Maiduguri.
JTF spokesman, Lt.-Col. Sagir Musa, told newsmen in Maiduguri that the blast did not record any casualty.
“It is true that we had a blast along Bama road in the early hours on Sunday. The truth is that there was no? casualty.''
Musa?explained that the bomb was planted on the road in anticipation of the JTF patrol vans.
“They were probably targeting our patrol vans?or other civilians. But fortunately, the bomb went off without hitting any target.''
Musa?appealed to residents of the state to be vigilant and report suspicious objects to the JTF promptly.
A similar blast had, on Monday, hit a JTF patrol van on the Lagos street claiming lives and properties worth millions of Naira.(NAN)