The Nigerian Army prevented another carnage at the University of Maiduguri when it gunned down a suicide bomber who tried to gain entry into the institution through the Department of Works on Sunday.
According to the institution’s Public Relations Officer, Mr Tanko Ahmed, the suicide bomber had already entered the university through the back gate at about 11:00 pm, before being gunned down by a vigilant soldier.
He said the Works Department where the incident occurred, has been cordoned off by security agents to render the area safe.
The institution was attacked in January by Boko Haram which led to the death of four people including a professor. Abubakar Shekau, leader of the sect, later released an audio where he claimed responsibility for the attack.
Shekau said the mosque in the university was attacked because it was an “ungodly place”. “My people were behind the bomb explosion of this morning,” he had said in the audio released on YouTube.
“Don’t deceive people that that’s a mosque, how would you build a mosque and do ungodly things in it?”.
