Suicide bomber kills Prof, four others in UNIMAID

Suicide bomber kills Prof, four others in UNIMAIDThe late Prof. Mani was the second professor from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine killed by Boko Haram attack since the insurgency begun in 2009.

Born in Katsina town on April 11, 1957, Prof. Mani attended Kayalwa Primary School, Katsina (1964-1970), Government College Kaduna (1971-1975) and School of Basic Studies, ABU Zaria (1975-1976).
He got admission into the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, ABU Zaria and graduated with
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) in 1981.
He did his NYSC at the School of Agriculture in Asaba, worked briefly with the Niger Basin Development Authority in Ilorin, Kwara State before he proceeded to the University of Maiduguri as Assistant Lecturer, Department of Veterinary Medicine in October 1982.
The late professor attended the Centre for Tropical Veterinary Studies, Edinburgh, UK, (1984-1985), where he got his Masters and later got his PhD in same school and returned to Maiduguri in 1994.
He was a Fellow of the College of Veterinary Surgeons (2010), Director of UNIMAID Veterinary Teaching Hospital (1997-2000), Head of Department (2005-2010) and Acting Dean of Vet Faculty (2008-2010).
Until his death, he was the Director of UNIMAID Veterinary Teaching Hospital.
He is survived by his wife and two children.
A professor and four other persons were killed yesterday when a young suicide bomber detonated a bomb during the dawn (fajr) Islamic prayer at the Senior Staff aQuarters of the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID), the Borno State capital.
The late Prof. Aliyu Usman Mani, a Professor of Veterinary Medicine, and the others, were praying when the blast occurred.
State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) Chairman Satomi Ahmed and Commissioner of Police (CP) Damian Chukwu confirmed the explosion.
Chukwu said 15 injured persons were taken to hospital, but the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said 17 were injured.
“At about 5:45 a.m., a mobile police officer who is on duty sighted a suspected suicide bomber trying to scale the fence at Gate Five.
“ Suspicious of his movement, the mobile police officer instantly gunned him down and his bomb exploded and killed him instantly.
“The second suicide bomber, a seven-year-old, detonated the 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,”said Chukwu.
Ahmed said: “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.
“The people must be vigilant at all times,” said Satomi.
The attacks took place at two locations within the school. One happened at Gate Five with only the suicide bomber as the casualty. The other one, which occurred in an interval of five minutes at the mosque, caused the death.
NEMA spokesman Sani Datti, in a statement, said: “There were reported incidents of twin blasts at the University of Maiduguri  around 5am this morning.

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