Shekau’s bodyguard kills Boko Haram chief bomb maker – Army

The Nigeria Army says the chief bomb maker
of Boko Haram has been killed by the
bodyguard of Abubakar Shekau, the sect’s
leader.
Sani Usman, Army spokesman, who disclosed
this in a statement yesterday said the bomb
maker was killed while attempting to run away
from the camp of his colleagues.
“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 yesterday,” he said.
“The chief bomb maker, apart from his high
status in the command structure of the Boko
Haram terrorists was one of their capable
hands involved in making improvised
explosive devices (IEDs), coming after their
chief scientist, called Abu RPG (who has been
killed long ago).
“The chief bomb maker was killed by one of
the body guards 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,” the statement said.
The statement added that Boko Haram also
suffered a major setback after another
member of the sect got “completely blinded”
when he was preparing an IED.
“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 that 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,” the Army
said.