by Azeez Adeniyi

A male suicide bomber on Saturday attacked the University of Maiduguri for the third time in a week, SaharaReporters reports.

According to the online newspaper, the explosion occurred behind the Demonstration Secondary School at the university at the back of E.T.F hall a hostel full of students.

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It has been gathered that no casualty was recorded asides the suicide bomber who died after detonating his bomb.

Spokesman of the National Emergency Management Agency in the North East, Mallam Abdulkadir Ibrahim said the suicide bomber was the lone death recorded during the attempted attack.

He said the explosive on him went off while lying in wait for the right opportunity to detonate the bomb among students gathering.

The statement read: “Today 20/5/2017 some minutes past 10 am, one male adult suicide bomber hid in the bush within university community surrounding, supposedly trying to gain access into university where students are gathering.

“Unfortunately for him the IED exploded and killed him, No casualty was recorded. The corpse was deposited at Borno specialist hospital.”

Azeez