No fewer than six suspected members of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) have been killed following a premature Improvised Explosive Device (IED) that detonated in the Marte Local Government Area of Borno State.
Security sources said the incident occurred at about 7a.m. yesterday at Jubilaram, where the terrorists were reportedly assembling an explosive device.
This is coming barely a few hours after joint US forces and the Nigerian Army executed one of the top ISWAP commanders operating in the Lake Chad region.
The sources said the group of IED makers was led by a suspected bomb expert identified as Abu Umar, who also died in the explosion alongside five other militants.
Three other members of the group reportedly sustained serious injuries in the incident.
