IED event in Borno, Maiduguri area, Nigeria on Thu 13th October 2016

it is also interesting to note that in the last 2 weeks there have been attempted PBIED attacks in Bama, Gwoza and Maiduguri and a successful VBIED attack on the outskirts of Maiduguri which indicate that the enemy has managed to reconstitute their IED networks and recovered sufficiently to begin deploying their IEDs offensively as well as defensively. A series of small arms attacks in the vicinity of the Sambisa Forest to the south of Maiduguri in Chibok, Biu and Askira Uba LGA as well as increased clashes with enemy groups armed not with dane guns but rifles and machine guns are indicative of a revived enemy military capability by the Shekau faction, despite constant air attack and observation as well as a cordon around Sambisa Forest and the presence of several Brigades in and around the Forest.