Bomb explosions near University of Maiduguri keep students, staff awake - PREMIUM TIMES

Thunderous sounds suspected to be from bomb explosions and continuous shooting around the University of Maiduguri  scared students and staff on campus all Friday night. Many of the students and staff stayed awake till dawn.

‪The explosion, according to PREMIUM TIMES checks, started at about 2 a.m.‬

‪Some students said the sounds woke them up, while those that were awake and reading for the ongoing second semester exams said they were terrified.‬

‪A 200-level student of the University,  Halima Abdul,  told PREMIUM TIMES on phone that “we don’t know from where the explosion and shooting occurred and we could not even run because it is dark and dangerous to do so. It happened around 2 a.m.; I was not asleep then”.‬

‪Halima said the university’s Dean of Students Affairs visited them in the hostel in the early hours of Saturday to assure them of safety, even as he warned of dangers in trying to run from the school.‬

‪A security official who spoke to PREMIUM TIMES but asked not to be named because it was not his role to speak to the press said the shooting had nothing to do with the university. He said the shooting occurred in two villages about 12km away from university campus.‬

Benue Chemical Killings: Governor Suswam Call National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) For Investigations

Bnue State Governor, Gabriel Suswam has made a formal complaint to the Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Professor Bem Angwer, on the recent killing with Chemical Weapons of the Tiv  farmers by the Fulani Herdsmen in the state, asking the commission to embark on thorough investigation.

According to the Governor, Fulani militants killed over 30 Benue farmers with chemical weapons in the past two weeks, while hundreds have been killed during the various attacks on the Benue people.

Suswan made the complain  at the Government House in Makurdi, confirming that three containers of the suspected chemicals used by the herdsmen have been submitted for analysis at the appropriate quarters. He urged the NHRC not to leave any stone unturned in its efforts to unravel the source of the chemical weapons used against Benue citizens in Gwer-West, Logo, Katsina-Ala and Guma.