No fewer than seven terrorists belonging to the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) has been killed in an explosion.
The development occurred while the terrorists were attempting to prepare improvised explosive devices, a Lake Chad Basin counter-terrorism and insurgency expert, Zagazola Makama, disclosed in a post on his X handle on Tuesday.
Makama said that impeccable sources confirmed to him that the incident occurred on December 30, 2024, in a locality between Ba’anfani and Koleram in the far Lake Chad Basin of Borno State.
He disclosed that the explosion happened during the assembly of the improvised explosive devices, which the terrorists likely intended to use for attacks in the region.
He noted that the Lake Chad Basin has been a hotspot for ISWAP activities, with the group frequently resorting to IEDs as part of its terror tactics as a desperate attempt.
