Three
suicide bombers yesterday night attacked the University of Maiduguri leaving at
least 2 people dead with many others injured.
Front gate of
the University of Maiduguri
Two people
lost their lives while many others were injured after suicide bombers detonated
explosives at different locations including the
security office in the
University of Maiduguri last night.
According to
Premium Times, the incident was confirmed by the Borno State Public Relations
Officer, Victor Isukwu, at about 12 midnight on a WhatsApp platform managed by
his office, but he did not give full details of casualties recorded.
He
said: “Let’s not speculate yet”, he cautioned reporters.
“At Unimaid
only one male suicide bomber died; three university security personnel injured
among which one later died.”
A professor in
the Mass Communications department of the university who also doubles as the
spokesperson of the institution, Danjuma Gambo, confirmed in a BBC Hausa
broadcast early this morning that three suicide attacks took place in the
university last night.
Residents of
Maiduguri who celebrated a hitch-free Sallah could not go to sleep on Sunday
night as sounds of bombings and shootings rented most part of the night and
early hours of the dawn.
The city
vibrated with the first blast, which occurred at about 10:15 p.m. Immediately
after it was confirmed that it was from the university campus, another
explosion occurred at exactly 11 p.m.
It has not
been confirmed if the second blast which seemed bigger recorded any casualty,
but it was followed by hours of shootings and sounds of military vehicular
movements.
The
university has become one of the major targets of the Boko Haram since it came
under its first direct attack on January 16.
About four
suicide attacks have been executed within and around the university since then.
One of the
attacks led to the death of a renowned professor of veterinary medicine, who
died alongside few others during the first attack.
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