The Borno State Police Command has disclosed that a third
suicide bomber involved in the University of Maiduguri bomb blast has been
caught by villagers, while he was trying to make her way towards the
institution. This is according to the Borno State Police Public Relations
Officer, DSP Victor Isuku in a statement released to journalists.
According to Isuku, "At about 0800hrs a third female suicide
bomber of about 12yrs with IED strapped to her body, was intercepted at Bara
Karaya village behind University of Maiduguri, in Muna Garage general area."
The suicide bomber was sighted by villagers who promptly
alerted the military, the statement said.
The statement said she was gunned down, while EOD personnel
of the Borno State Police Command secured and rendered safe the unexploded IED
vest.
Four people, including a professor of Veterinary Medicine
identified as Aliyu Mani, were killed in a suicide attack that
occurred on Monday morning at the University of Maiduguri.
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