Some Nigerian troops fighting the terrorist Boko Haram group in the North-East have been caught in an explosion triggered by an improvised explosive device planted by the sect.

The troops, who are of the 122 Task Force Battalion, Pulka, in Borno State, ran into the land mine between Banki junction and Bama as they conducted escort patrol from Pulka to Maiduguri, people familiar with the matter told this website.

Five members of the detachment were badly injured, and were promptly evacuated to Bama for first aid by a patrol team from Bama.

News of the incident in Pulka came shortly after army authorities said a woman arrested wearing Nigerian Army uniforms in Abuja on Friday was an impersonator.

The fake army officer, who was arrested along Gwagwalada road falsely claimed to be a Major in the Nigerian Army.

The army said contrary to insinuations, fake Major Juliana Gumel was not carrying Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) nor was she with kids when she was arrested.

Acting Army Director of Public Relations, Colonel Sani Usman said the suspect was undergoing interrogation, saying Juliana Gumel claimed to be a Medical Doctor and a major with a fake private soldier’s outdated identity card, but not with IED, I believe Guards Brigade or the Nigeria Police will issue a formal statement on it.