By Mustapha Buhari, Maiduguri
Two suicide bombers have been gunned down by Nigerian troops, spokesman to the police in Maiduguri, Victor Isuku, said in a statement.
Mr Isuku said the incident happened at 9:50pm on Thursday.
“Yesterday 6/7/2017, at about 2150hrs, two male suicide bombers were sighted and intercepted along the parapet behind the University of Maiduguri by joint security operatives deployed to the University.
“One of the suicide bomber was shot dead, while the second bomber hurriedly detonated IED strapped to his body, killing himself, to avoid being captured alive.
“It will interest you to know that, the command recently deployed a full unit of PMF personnel, as well as guard and sniffer police dogs to the University, to complement the presence of security personnel there.
“These deployments have started yielding the desired results, amongst which are, to prevent and nip in the bud any attempt by these enemies of peace to threaten the lives and safety of the University of Maiduguri community and it’s environs.
“Police EOD team were drafted to sanitize the scene and its environ, and normalcy has since been restored,” Mr Isuku said.
