Chief bomb maker and a high ranking Boko Haram terrorist, Awana Gaidam has been killed by his own Improvised Explosive Device IED
The 39-year-old bomb manufacturer was said have occupied a strategic position in the command structure of the terrorist group.
Awana was believed to be responsible for plotting many IEDs attack on troops of Operation Hadin Kai during fighting patrols, along major highways between Maiduguri to Damboa, Bama to Pulka and Bita as well as Banki to Darajamal’s general area.
Intelligence Sources told Zagazola Makama, a Counter-Insurgency Expert and Security Analyst in the Lake Chad region, that the bomb struck his vehicle along Njumia and Arra in the Sambisa forest, on March 27, killing him instantly
and shattering his body into pieces.
Since 2022, Boko Haram and Islamic State of West Africa Province had carried out more than 90 indiscriminate attacks in the North East using Improvised Explosive Devices (IED).
(EDITOR: TIENABESO BIBIYE)
