The Borno Police Command on Monday
said a professor and four other persons were killed when a male suicide bomber
detonated his explosive at the senior staff quarters of the University of
Maiduguri.
The Commissioner of Police(CP),
Damian Chukwu, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Maiduguri.
Chukwu said that 15 persons, who
sustained various degrees of injuries were rushed to the hospital.
“At about 5:45 a.m. a mobile police
officer who is on duty sighted a suicide bomber who was trying to scale the
fence at gate five of the university.
” Suspicious of his movement, the
mobile police officer instantly gunned him down and his bomb exploded and
killed him instantly.
“The second suicide bomber, a
seven-year-old detonated the second explosive at the senior staff quarters
mosque in the university where a professor and four persons were killed and 15
persons sustained various degrees of injuries and were rushed to the hospital,”
victim said Chukwu.
Alhaji Satomi Ahmed, the Chairman of
State Emergency Management Agency(SEMA), said one victim was Prof. Aliyu Usman
Mani, the Director of Veterinary of the University.
” All I can appeal to the people is
to be vigilant and ensure proper watch because, like we have said, the
insurgents are in disarray and employing any tactic to cause havoc.
“The people must be vigilant at all
time,” said Satomi.
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