Photo: Daily Trust An early morning attack during catholic mass in the heart of Bayero University Kano has left at least 18 people dead.
Among the victims of the attack are Professors Jerome Ayodele of the Chemistry Department and Andrew Leo of Library Science department respectably of the Bayero University Kano.
The attacks carried out by unidentified gunmen, happened at about 8.30am in the morning hours of Sunday as Christians faithful were conducting their service at the Theater hall of the university.
Although the University spokesperson, Alhaji Mustapha Zahradeen told our correspondent that seven persons were killed, eyewitnesses said rescue operators removed at least 18 dead bodies.
But Mustapha Zahradeen explained that the gunmen who stormed the university premises on motorcycles took everybody unawares because it has never occurred to them that such an attack could happen.
He said that many students and other worshipers were critically injured and taken to Mallam Aminu Kano teaching hospital where there is heavy presence of security personnel guiding the entire place.
Spokesperson of the Joint Military Task Force, LT. Ikediha Iweha also confirmed the attack, explaining that at about 8.30 am in the morning of Sunday some gunmen stormed the BUK old site campus with heavy explosives and Machine Guns and launched attacks on innocent worshippers, adding that the attack was highly sophisticated.
He said before his men arrived the scene the gun men fled the area as the entire area that including Dorayi, Karshen Wire, and BUK road was cordoned off. Iweha said the measure was part of security measure to get on the suspects.
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it is only in Nigeria that somebody can kill other human beings and go free. The leaders only bark like toothless bull dogs simply because none of their family members are usually affected by these evil acts. How can some people claim to be a country within a country and the leaders are doing little or nothing at all to ensure the security of innocent, patriotic, arm less citizens who are law abiding going on with their legitimate activities? Christians are no longer safe in their own country, they are being killed on daily bases for no fault of their's. why? why?
It is a shame that the country is presided over by a confused fisherman who has refused to listen to reason from his NSA...the powerful sponsors of all these killings are sleeping daily with their multiple wives all over the world while our people up country as well as Christians are dying like flies...it is high time that we either slam these money bag politicians and clamp them in an "Atlantic island jail/prison" or employ the "General Sani Ahacha tactics to subdue these wicked and evil men...anything short of catching the notorious god fathers of this killing group will not make sense to millions of Nigerians all over the world. let me spit it out pretty well Abubakar Atiku, Ciroma Adamu, and a host of other well known enemies of the country must be locked away for a very long time...heaven will not fall...all the so-called former governors of Bronu state,kano state and even the current governor of Bauchi must be apprehended as the lives of over 1000 Nigerians wasted so far because of their greedy activites cannot be compensated nor accounted for by these rougish money bag politicians.We the people will continue to hold all these criminal politicians wasting the lives and properties of our beloved brothers and sisters up country accountable for all these atrocities that has been committed by their foot soldiers....and for your information, no person from up country is peaceful and trust worthy enough to be elected as the president of the Federal republic of Nigeria....now, so these evil gangs needs to chill or hang..its time for the North..the North needs time to cleanse itself and then rebrand and come out afresh...hopefully before then, all these evil "money bags" politicians should have all pass away.
It is a shame that the country is presided over by a confused fisherman who has refused to listen to reason from his NSA...the powerful sponsors of all these killings are sleeping daily with their multiple wives all over the world while our people up country as well as Christians are dying like flies...it is high time that we either slam these money bag politicians and clamp them in an "Atlantic island jail/prison" or employ the "General Sani Ahacha tactics to subdue these wicked and evil men...anything short of catching the notorious god fathers of this killing group will not make sense to millions of Nigerians all over the world. let me spit it out pretty well Abubakar Atiku, Ciroma Adamu, and a host of other well known enemies of the country must be locked away for a very long time...heaven will not fall...all the so-called former governors of Bronu state,kano state and even the current governor of Bauchi must be apprehended as the lives of over 1000 Nigerians wasted so far because of their greedy activites cannot be compensated nor accounted for by these rougish money bag politicians.We the people will continue to hold all these criminal politicians wasting the lives and properties of our beloved brothers and sisters up country accountable for all these atrocities that has been committed by their foot soldiers....and for your information, no person from up country is peaceful and trust worthy enough to be elected as the president of the Federal republic of Nigeria....now, so these evil gangs needs to chill or hang..its time out for the North.!.the North needs time to cleanse itself and then rebrand and come out afresh...hopefully before then, all these evil "money bags" politicians should have all pass away.