Female suicide bomber hits Niger school, kills one

A female suicide bomber and one student of the Federal Col­lege of Education (FCE), Kontagora, Niger State lost their lives in a bomb attack that would have claimed the lives of over 200 students of the college writing their examina­tions at the college’ audi­torium.

Eyewitness account re­vealed that the female bomber was on her way to the audito­rium where the students were already gathered, waiting for the commencement of their examinations when the bomb went off, killing the carrier and one student close to the scene.
The incident happened at about 12:45 p.m. The exami­nation was billed to start at 1p.m. Police Public Relations Officer in Niger State com­mand, DSP Ibrahim Gambari told Daily Sun that only the female bomber lost her life in the incident while four per­sons sustained injuries.
According to Gambari, one ‘Okada’ rider and three students were injured. The ‘Okada’ rider, he said had been treated and discharged while the three students were still in the hospital receiving treatment.
“The incident happened. I can confirm that to you, but it is not true that many peo­ple died. God did it in such a way that only the carrier lost her life and four people were injured. She could not reach her target before the bomb detonated. I think she was tar­geting the library or the audi­torium.
“We have been there, even my commissioner was there and our bomb experts as well as the Area Commander in Kontagora.”
Policemen and other secu­rity operatives cordoned off the scene of the incident while students ran out of the school.
Sadly, the incident coin­cided with the 59th birthday of the state Governor, Dr. Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu. The governor was at the Jus­tice Idris Legbo Kutigi Inter­national Conference Centre, Minna as guest of honour at the fourth Muazu Babangida Aliyu Colloquium when the news of the bomb blast fil­tered into the hall.