Bombers attack Kano poly, Potiskum mosque, kill 16

Another female suicide bomber struck at the Kano
Polytechnic on Wednesday, killing two people.
There was however conflicting figures by government agencies on the number of those injured by the bomber who also died in the process.

While the state police command put the injured at six, the National Information Centre said 13. Before news of the incident which occurred at about 2.30pm on Wednesday, there were reports that Boko
Haram insurgents killed 13 people in a mosque and
market in Potiskum,   Yobe State.

The fresh Kano bombing led to a stampede among
members of staff of the institution and final year students who were going through a list of successful graduates mobilised for the Batch B of the National Youth Service Corps. Eyewitness accounts indicated that the suicide bomber was carrying an Improvised Explosive Device hidden under her dress. Security agents cordoned off the scene of the incident as
officers of the Police Bomb Disposal Unit began
investigations. The state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Adelenre Shinaba, said, “The teenage female suicide bomber sneaked into the crowd and detonated the IED which she concealed .”

Shinaba, who said   the charred remains of the   bomber had been deposited at a morgue, enjoined residents of the state to be extra vigilant and to report suspicious movements to security agents. The British Broadcasting Corporation however reported that the explosion occurred as students queued to check their names on a new admission list . Although it did not give the casualty figure, it quoted
witnesses as saying that bodies lay strewn at the blast site. The BBC also quoted Reuters news agency as putting the death toll at six.

In Abuja, the Chairman of NIC, Mr. Mike Omeri, who also put the death toll at two, disclosed at a news conference that a 10-year old girl strapped with explosives was among three suspected terrorists arrested in Katsina on Tuesday night. Omeri said, “This afternoon (Tuesday), another female suicide bomber exploded an IED at the Kano State Polytechnic where some final year students who had completed their work had gone to collect their call-up letters for the National Youth Service.
“So far, three persons have been reported killed. Thirteen others are reported to have sustained injuries and were rushed to the hospital for treatment.

“Investigations are ongoing to determine the forces behind it and also to ascertain the final number that may have been involved in this dastardly act.’’ Omeri, who also dismissed insinuations that   Boko Haram may have started using the abducted Chibok girls as suicide bombers, gave the name of the 10-year-old girl arrested in Katsina as Hadiza Musa.
He said, “The second thing is the arrest of three Boko Haram suspects in Katsina. Security forces on Tuesday July 29 at about 10pm along Zaria Road, Tudun Wada of Funtua Metropolis arrested three suspects believed to be members of Boko Haram.
“The three suspects are Iliya Haliru, Zainab Musa (18) and Hadiza Musa (10 ) . The three suspects were arrested in a Honda CRV.