A suspected member of Boko Haram on Monday morning was reported to have blown himself off with an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) to avoid being arrested by security operatives.
According to reporting by The Nation, the incident occurred at Ibrahim Haske Road in the Keke community of New Millennium City, Chikun local government area of Kaduna State.
The newspaper quoted sources who said the Boko Haram suicide bomber had been on the watchlist of security agencies, who eventually trailed him to an apartment in the Keke community where he had been taking cover.
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According to them, a combined team of policemen, personnel of the Department of State Services (DSS) and soldiers surrounded the apartment and engaged the suspect in a gun duel.
Upon sensing that the security operatives were closing in on him, the suspected terrorist blew himself up with an Improvised Explosive Device.
An AK-47 rifle was said to have been recovered inside the suspect’s apartment along with two other live explosive devices that were later safely defused by the anti-bomb squad of the Kaduna Police Command.
The mutilated body of the suspect was later evacuated from the scene by security operatives, who later took the bomber’s wife and children away for further investigation.
