Another attempt to bomb University of Maiduguri failed Saturday morning as explosives killed the suicide bomber while “trying to gain access into university where students are gathering.”
An account of the failed attack on the university was given in a statement by Information officer, NEMA North East zone Abdulkadir Ibrahim. He said “ Today 20/5/2017 some minutes past 10 am, one male adult suicide bomber hid in the bush within the University of Maiduguri (Unimaid) community surrounding, supposedly trying to gain access into university where students are gathering.
“Unfortunately for him the IED exploded and killed him. No casualty was recorded.
“Emergency workers from the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and that of the state (BOSEMA) were drafted to the scene.
“The corpse of the suspected suicide bomber has been deposited at Borno specialist hospital.
The rapidity of attacks targeting University of Maiduguri has become worrisome.Two days ago, an explosion targeting female hostel in the university killed three suicide bombers.
A professor was killed in another attack on the university much earlier in an unsual twist because even while the insurgency was ferocious,the university was not under attack.
There is clearly an urgent need to beef up 24-hour security in and around Unimaid campus.
