The Borno state Police Command in a statement said the bombers were shot when they attempted to enter Maiduguri through the Umarari in Molai, near Damboa road.
Spokesman of the Command, VICTOR ISUKU said the suspected suicide bombers were sighted by local vigilantes and consequently shot dead by security personnel on duty at the area.
Meanwhile, Director Army Public Relations, Brigadier General SANI USMAN, in a statement said one of these operations was carried out by troops of Operation LAFIYA DOLE involving troops of 159 Battalion, 27 Task Force Brigade.
USMAN said the offensive operations later merged into cordon and search operation at Degeltura, Gisum and Popamari villages.
The Nigerian Army said two hundred and eleven civilians held captive by the Boko Haram terrorists at Cingal Murye and Maja villages in Northern Borno were rescued.
The Director Army Public Relations, SANI USMAN said that troops of 22 Brigade Garrison, Operation Lafiya Dole, rescued the victims during an operation in the villages.
