SAN FRANCISCO, May 23, (THEWILL) – The Nigerian Army has declared that the chief bomb maker of the terrorists’ sect, Boko Haram, was killed as he made attempt to escape from the forest.
This was contained in a statement from Army headquarters on Monday, signed by Col Sani Usman, Acting Director, Army Public Relations, saying that the death occurred following the heat generated by the military’s air and land assault on the remaining terrorist’s hideout inside Sambisa Forest.
Usman added that another Boko Haram IED specialist who was manufacturing explosive device that would have been used in a suicide bombing attack lost his eyes when the bomb inexplicably went off resulting in shrapnel piercing and blinding him.
“In what will be described as a major breakthrough in the clearance and rescue operation by the Nigerian military and to also confirm that all is not well within the Boko Haram terrorists camp, their chief bomb maker and a high ranking terrorist, was shot dead today,” the statement read.
“The chief bomb maker, apart from his high status in the command structure of the Boko Haram terrorist’s, was one of their capable hands involved in making Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs).
“His death is coming after their Chief Scientist, called Abu RPG in a military assault.
“The chief bomb maker was killed by one of the body guard of the Boko Haram terrorists leader, Abubakar Shekau as he was about to run away just like several others are doing because of the intensity of ‘Operation Crackdown’.
“In a related development, one Julelebeeb who was appointed to take over is now completely blind because his two eyes were shattered by shrapnel, in the process of preparing an IED to consolidate his appointment.
“There is no doubt; this development has dealt a devastating blow on the terrorist’s capacity on IED preparation, suicide bombing and their ability to sustain their criminal acts.
“We would like to reassure the public that our troops are continuing with the clearance and rescue operations successfully in order to completely clear Boko Haram terrorists wherever they might be hiding.”
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