Multiple Suicide Bombings Rock University Of Maiduguri Last night

The University of Maiduguri on Sunday night
came under a series of attacks as suicide
bombers detonated their explosives at different
locations including the security office where two
lives were reportedly lost.
The Borno Police Public Relations Officer, Victor
Isukwu, had, at about 12 midnight, confirmed the
incident on a WhatsApp platform managed by his
office, but only gave sketchy details of casualties
recorded.
“Let’s not speculate yet”, he cautioned reporters.
“At Unimaid only one male suicide bomber died;
three university security personnel injured among
which one later died.”
Danjuma Gambo, a professor in the Mass
Communications department of the university who
also doubles as the spokesperson of the
institution, confirmed in a BBC Hausa broadcast
early on Monday that three suicide attacks took
place in the university last night.
Residents of Maiduguri who celebrated a hitch-
free Sallah could not go to sleep on Sunday night
as sounds of bombings and shootings rented
most part of the night and early hours of the
dawn.
The city vibrated with the first blast, which
occurred at about 10:15 p.m. Immediately after it
was confirmed that it was from the university
campus, another explosion occurred at exactly 11
p.m.
It has not been confirmed if the second blast
which seemed bigger recorded any casualty, but it
was followed by hours of shootings and sounds of
military vehicular movement.
The university has become one of the major
targets of the Boko Haram since it came under its
first direct attack on January 16. About four
suicide attacks have been executed within and
around the university since then.
One of the attacks led to the death of a renowned
professor of veterinary medicine, who died
alongside few others during the first attack.
The University of Maiduguri lies at the outskirts of
the host city along the route that leads to Bama
from Maiduguri. The institution is about 45km
from Kawuri town where the official entrance gate
to Sambisa forest is located.
Aside the brick perimeter fence on the front side of
the university, there has been no serious barrier
at the back, which appears to have provided an
entry point for the insurgents.