A professor of veterinary medicine at the University of Maiduguri and a child have been revealed as two of the people reportedly killed in the early bomb attack in the university.
Multiple reports claimed the late doctor, who was identified as Aliyu Mani, was confirmed as one of the victims by the Borno State’s commissioner of police, Damian Chukwu.
It was reported that Mani died after a male suicide bomber detonated a bomb at the senior staff quarters of (UNIMAID) early on Monday morning.
Chukwu further confirmed that 15 persons sustained various degrees of injuries, and had been rushed to hospital.
“At about 5:45am 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,” he said.
“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.”
