A Boko Haram member identified as Awana Gaidam, has reportedly died after stepping on a self-made bomb.
According to The PUNCH, he was believed to have planted the IED that killed him in Borno State for Nigerian forces. Gaidam was alleged to be responsible for numerous IED strikes along key highways in Borno before his death.
Zagazola Makama reports that Awana put IEDs in strategic spots of his camp within the Sambisa jungle to deter troop attacks.
Gaidam was blasted to bits after his truck stepped on an IED in Njumia and Arra in Sambisa forest on Monday, according to Zagazola Makama, a Lake Chad-focused website.
“Since 2022, Boko Haram and Islamic State of West Africa Province have carried out more than 90 indiscriminate attacks in the North-East using Improvised Explosive Devices.
“The insurgents resorted to the use of IEDs as a result of the increased and sustained pressure by the joint efforts of the Nigerian Army, Air Task Force, Operation Hadin Kai with support of the combined troops of the Multination Joint Task Force, Niger, Cameroon and Chad in the Lake Chad sub-region.
“Therefore, the killing of Awana represents a serious blow to the operational capability of the Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihād, terrorists group,” the publication said
