Two male suicide bombers were on Thursday sighted and intercepted along the parapet behind the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID), Borno State, by joint security operatives deployed to the university.

Borno State Police PRO Victor Isuku confirmed the development, disclosing that it took place at about 2150hrs

“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,” Isuku said in a statement.

He disclosed that “the command recently deployed a full unit of PMF personnel, as well as guard and sniffer police dogs to the university, to compliment the presence of security personnel there.”

These deployments, Isuku said, “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 its environs.

“Police EOD team were drafted to sanitise the scene and its environ, and normalcy has since been restored.”