A lecturer with the Department of Physical Health Education at the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID), Dr Kamar Abdulkadir, has been brutally murdered by unknown attackers in his office.
Abdulkadir was killed on Sunday when the attacker sneaked into his office and attacked him with a knife and hammer.
Intelligent sources told Zagazola Makama that the victim was later found dead in a pool of blood with several injuries inflicted on his body by his killers.
“His hands were peeled off when he tried to stop the attackers from stabbing him. They also used a hammer to smash his head and his spinal cord, killing him instantly.
“The killers also carted away his vehicle and other valuables as authorities searched for the suspects,” the source said.
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The University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) is a Federal higher institution located in Maiduguri, the capital city of Borno State in Northeast Nigeria.
The university was created by the federal government of Nigeria in 1975, to become one of the country’s principal higher-education institutions.
It enrolls about 25,000 students in its combined programs, which include a college of medicine and faculties of agriculture, arts, environmental science, Allied health science, Basic medical science, dentistry, education, engineering, law, management science, pharmacy, science, social science, and veterinary medicine.
With the encouragement of the federal government, the university has recently been increasing its research efforts, particularly in the fields of agriculture, medicine, and conflict resolution, and expanding the university press.
The university is the major higher institution of learning in the northeastern part of the country.
Terrorist attacks: In the early morning of January 16, 2017, there was a suicide bomb attack at a mosque at the university. The explosion killed four people, including Professor Aliyu Mani and one of the attackers, and injured seventeen.
The wounded were rushed to the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital. Another attacker, a girl of about 12 years of age, was reportedly shot by police as she approached the university, detonating her explosives and killing her.
Responsibility for the attack was claimed by Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau. The number of attackers involved has varied between reports, but one of the bombers was believed to be a teenage girl.
By Zagazola Makama
