Biu is one of the five council areas which are under the state of emergency declared by President Jonathan since January this year.
Field operations officer of the Joint Task Force (JTF) in Borno State Colonel Victor Ebhaleme confirmed the incident in a telephone interview from Maiduguri.
He said: "We got information that some Boko Haram terrorists were planning to invade Maiduguri from Biu town, 187 kilometers away with a view to causing crises.
This prompted the JTF,331 Battalion in Biu town and the Department of State Security Services(SSS) to mobilize our men to Biu town where we found pieces of human parts numbering about five destroyed by Improvised Explosive Devises (IEDs)," Colonel Ebhaleme said on phone.
Ebhaleme also revealed that "three GPMG,5 AK47 9 magazines, 73 rounds of ammunition and some improvised explosive devise making materials were recovered from the Boko Haram suspects. Besides, we were able to arrest two of the suspects while trying to flee the bomb making factory."
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