There
was a suicide attack at the University of Maiduguri on Eid-el-Fitr night where
two persons were killed, the spokesman of Police in Borno State, Victor Isuku
has revealed.
Isuku, who informed
journalists on the Borno Police Whatsapp page, said that he was at the scene of
the incident at about 12:05 a.m. on Monday, said, “At UNIMAID only one male
suicide bomber died. Three university security personnel were injured. One
later died.”
Isuku, who also confirmed
that there were other suicide attacks on the town on the Sallah
night, promised to give further details.
Meanwhile,
a member of the youth vigilante in the town, who spoke anonymously to our
correspondent on phone that the suicide attack was not targeted at the
university alone.
He said: “There was suicide
attack at Zannari, a community close to the university at about 10:30 p.m .”
The member of the youth vigilante
group, who called our correspondent at about 5 a.m., said the suicide bomber
was still lying in the community.
He revealed that there was
no less that three suicide attacks on Maiduguri on Sunday night.
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