An improvised explosive device (IED) exploded after a passenger vehicle struck it along the Komala village axis in Konduga Local Government Area of Borno State, killing one person and injuring nine others.
Zagazola Makama, a security analyst and counter-insurgency specialist in the Lake Chad region, revealed this on Friday via his X handle.
Police sources told Makama that the incident happened on July 2 at around 1:30 p.m. while the caravan, driven by Isa Uba, was going from Maiduguri to Damboa.
According to sources, the explosive device was suspected to have been planted by Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists along the route. Additional information revealed that casualties include one fatality with nine other passengers sustaining injuries.
Makama reported that a joint response team comprising military personnel, police tactical units, explosive ordnance disposal-chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear, EOD-CBRN, operatives, members of the civilian joint task force, CJTF, and local hunters was deployed to the scene shortly after the explosion.
“They said the injured victims were evacuated to hospital for treatment, while the body of the deceased was removed to the hospital, certified dead by a medical doctor and later released to his family for burial in accordance with Islamic rites.
“The sources added that EOD personnel rendered the scene safe after the explosion, while security forces had sustained combing operations in the area to prevent further attacks,” he stated.
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Backstory…
Improvised Explosive Device (IED) attacks have remained a persistent security threat across Nigeria’s North-East and parts of the North-West, despite sustained military offensives against terrorist groups.
In recent months, several civilians and security personnel have been killed or injured after vehicles struck roadside explosives in Borno, Yobe, Niger and Adamawa states, while similar incidents have also been reported in parts of Kaduna and Zamfara during security operations against armed groups.
The explosives, often planted along major highways and remote rural routes, have been used by insurgents to target military convoys, commercial vehicles and local residents. Security analysts say the continued use of IEDs highlights the evolving tactics of terrorist groups, which have increasingly resorted to asymmetric warfare as pressure from military operations limits their ability to launch large-scale conventional attacks.
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