The twin bomb blasts from suicide bombers which occurred in the early hours of Monday at the University of Maiduguri Mosque in Negeria, Borno State has claimed the lives of a Professor, four others and injured 17.
It was gathered that emergency workers have evacuated the bodies of those killed to the mortuary and those injured were moved to a nearby hospital within Maiduguri town.
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has confirmed the incidence and reported that the twin blasts at University of Maiduguri occurred at about 5am in the morning.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but it is believed to have been carried out by the Boko Haram.
A female student, names withheld for security reasons, said her father was just lucky to have stepped out of the mosque before it went off.“But many of his colleagues like Professor Mani and other senior staffers have either been killed or badly injured. When we tried going to scene of the blast, everywhere was covered with shredded human flesh and blood. Most the bodies are being taken to the Teaching hospital while others were rushed to the hool clinic”. Witnesses said the mosque was completely destroyed.
According to the NEMA spokesperson, Sani Datti, “one of the suicide bombers detonated his explosion at a Mosque near gate 1 when people were observing their early morning prayer, the second one occurred around gate 5 of the University.”
Rescue and security officials were at scene and 17 injured victims were evacuated to Hospital.
Two persons and the two suicide bombers were confirmed dead at the time of response.
Monday’s explosion is the first major onslaught on the university since the insurgency began over seven years ago.
