{"id":10392,"date":"2017-01-16T12:29:08","date_gmt":"2017-01-16T11:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=10392"},"modified":"2017-01-16T12:32:27","modified_gmt":"2017-01-16T11:32:27","slug":"professor-others-killed-in-unimaid-blasts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/professor-others-killed-in-unimaid-blasts\/","title":{"rendered":"Professor, others killed in UNIMAID blasts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A professor and four other persons were killed today when a male suicide bomber detonated a bomb at the Senior Staff Quarters of the University of Maiduguri, (UNIMAID), Borno State, the News Agency of Nigeria has reported.<\/p>\n<p>The killed don was identified as Prof. Aliyu Usman Mani, the Director of Veterinary of the University, according to Alhaji Satomi Ahmed, the Chairman of State Emergency Management Agency(SEMA).<\/p>\n<p>The Commissioner of Police(CP), Damian Chukwu, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Maiduguri.<\/p>\n<p>Chukwu said that 15 persons, who sustained various degrees of injuries were rushed to hospital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt about 5:45 a.m. a mobile police officer who is on duty sighted a suicide bomber who was trying to scale the fence at Gate Five of the university.<\/p>\n<p>\u201d Suspicious of his movement, the mobile police officer instantly gunned him down and his bomb exploded and killed him instantly.<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe second suicide bomber, a seven year-old detonated the second explosive at the senior staff quarters mosque in the university where a professor, and four persons were killed and 15 persons sustained various degrees of injuries and were rushed to the hospital,\u201dsaid Chukwu.<\/p>\n<p>Chairman State Emergency Management Agency, Alhaji Satomi Ahmed said; \u201d All I can say is to appeal to the people to be vigilant and ensure proper watch because, like we have said, the insurgents are in disarray and employing any tactic to cause havoc.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe people must be vigilant at all time,\u201d said Satomi.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source: NAN<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A professor and four other persons were killed today when a male suicide bomber detonated a bomb at the Senior Staff Quarters of the University of Maiduguri, (UNIMAID), Borno State, the News Agency of Nigeria has reported. 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