Three
suicide bombers attempted early Saturday morning to enter University of
Maiduguri, (UNIMAID) but they were thwarted by security men.
Two
of the bombers detonated their explosives as they faced interrogation by the
security men at the gate, killing one of them and injuring another.
The
third bomber, who had hidden close to a building near the gate, also detonated
her explosive. She was the only casualty in the incident.
The
National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) based in Maiduguri, confirmed the
death of four persons, including the bombers, in a statement on Saturday by
Mal. Abdulkadir Ibrahim, the North East Information officer of the agency.
“Today
at 1:10am, three suicide bombers, two men and a woman attempted to gain access
into University of Maiduguri, but were sighted by the university security that
stopped them for interrogation.
“While
interrogating them, the two suicide bombers detonated their explosives devices
which injured one of the securities and killed another.
“The
third suicide bomber hid close to the vicinity of a building in the university
later detonated her explosive which affected the structure of the building with
no casualty.
“The
injured has been taken to University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital after
administering of first aid while the corpses were deposited at Borno specialist
hospital,’’ Ibrahim said.
The
multiple blasts later delayed the
commencement of the Computer Based Test for Unified Tertiary Matriculation
Examination at the school. Six centres for 4,000 candidates were embedded in
the university.
NAN
reports that the six test centres in the university recorded low turn out
following the incident.
Mrs
Kaka John, a JAMB staff, said that the exam did not commence on time because of
the early morning bomb blast, which made many candidates to stay away.
“We
were supposed to start very early at 9:00 a.m. but I think because of the fear,
the students did not show up. This made us to start around 10 a.m
”
Also, the security agencies did not also show up on time because many of them
had moved to the scene of the blasts. Also the NSCDC did not show up on
time,”she said.
Haliru
Umar, The JAMB Supervisor, at the ETC Centre one and two said that about 4,000
students would be sitting for the exam in the centre.
“In
this centre this morning, we started with about 250 students. We still have
about 17 more sessions for the exams.
”
So far, the exercise was very successful as some of them have started coming
out.
“We
have taken good security measures by providing sufficient security to protect
the students to enable them write their exams successfully,” he said.
Halima
Isa, one of the Candidates said she wrote the test in fear but said it was
successful.
“We
were scared because there was bomb last but I think everything is fine now,”
she said
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