News update: UNIMAID Was Not Attacked – Borno Police Declares

The Police Command in Borno State denied the allegations that suspected Boko Haram insurgents targeted University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) campus.

The Commissioner of Police, Alhaji Lawal Tanko, stated this in an interview in Maiduguri, on March 14, 2014, Friday.

"The story indicating that the university had been attack is not true.

"What happened was that the insurgents passed through a river channel behind the university to launch the attack on the barracks," he said.

The CP also noted that according to his information, UNIMAID was safe, both students and lecturers were properly protected.

Malam Ahmed Mohammed, the Chief Information Officer of the university, also backed the commissioner's statement.

However, the attempted attack by suspected sect members on the Giwa Barracks, Maiduguri, in the morning of March 14, has been confirmed.

"It is true that there is an ongoing exchange of fire between security agents and some suspected insurgents, but the incident is limited to the barracks area alone," Tanko said.

Latest reports say that the military has foiled that attack by the terrorists. Some sporadic gunshots are still heard in the area, however, their intensity has reduced over the last few hours.

(NAN)