Suicide bomber dies in failed UNIMAID attack

Kayode Idowu

A suicide bomber died on Saturday in Maiduguri, while plotting to attack the University of Maiduguri.

The institution has recently become the target of Boko Haram with about five suicide attacks carried out in the institution in the last three months.

The Police Public Relations Officer, Victor Isuku, confirmed the incident.

A statement by the spokesman for the National Emergency Management Agency in the North-East, Abdulkadir Ibrahim, noted that the suicide bomber was the only one that died during the attempted attack.

He said the explosive on the bomber went off while he was lying in wait for the right opportunity to detonate the bomb in a student gathering.

The statement partly read, “Today, some minutes past 10am, one male adult suicide bomber hid in the bush within the university community, supposedly trying to gain access to where students gathered.

“Unfortunately for him, the IED exploded and killed him. No casualty was recorded. The corpse was deposited at Borno Specialist Hospital.”