UniMaid under siege: Lone suicide bomber dies in foiled attack

The University of Maiduguri was again the target of suicide bombers on Saturday after Friday’s explosion that killed several people and injured others.

A bomb was detonated by a suicide bomber around 9.50am today in the University of Maiduguri, making it the fifth in less than one week.

It was learnt that the attack was foiled by a university security guard who the bomber thought was on to him.

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National Daily gathered that the security man, who was stationed at the ETF Lecture Theatre were students were having their examinations, went to a nearby ditch along the university’s Gate 5 – leading to Mairi, a sprawling university settlement to urinate.

Unknown to the security guard, he never knew that the suicide bomber was hidden inside a nearby ditch perfecting plans on how to reach the lecture theatre and wreak maximum havoc.

It was further learnt that on sighting the security guard and seeing how he ‘gallantly jumped into the pitch to challenge him’, the bomber panicked and detonated the Improvised Explosive Device (IED) strapped on him and died immediately.