Nigeria, Jan. 20 -- An improvised explosive device (IED) has killed an artisanal miner, Abubakar Dahiru, on a rural road in Niger State.

Sources in the area said the incident happened Monday afternoon as Mr Dahiru was returning from Udawa, a neighbouring town in Kaduna State, where he had taken his niece for school resumption.

"It happened in Lukope village," one source said, pleading for anonymity to protect himself. "He stepped on the device with his motorcycle."

The village where the incident occurred is near Kwaki, an area considered a stronghold of notorious terror kingpin, Dogo Gide.

At press time, the deceased's body was being transported back to Erena, a refugee and garrison town.

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