How Kano bomber posed as new student to carry out yesterday’s attack! [PHOTO]

Residents of Kano were thrown into shock yesterday after a bomb went off at the state School of Hygiene killing at least 8 people

(five of the dead were students of the school) and injuring 12 others.
However, according to emerging details, the attacker aimed for a much higher death toll than was recorded.

Police arrested the suspected bomber and eyewitnesses say that he had pretended to be a new student making enquiries.
The suspect however aroused suspicion when he resisted attempts to give him a suitable parking space due to the congestion in the school.  According to a guard at the school who witnessed the incident, the school had a busy week because of the newly admitted students that were registering for their first session in the school. The blast occurred as the students were struggling to meet a deadline to register for the new academic session.
“The bomber came in blue traditional attire; he drove in and asked about a department, so we all assumed he is a fresh student. He was even holding some school registration papers with him.“We allowed him in and I told him where to park because we were having parking space problem because of the fresh students around.
“So it was strange when he went the other way, so I followed him and instructed he park at the appropriate place, we argued for a while before he agreed to park where he was instructed to.
“A few minutes after he parked the car, the bomb went off, by that time we had seen his face and could identify him. So when he hurried to the gate, we ran after him and pinned him down, he was also carrying some devices on him but we were brave enough to take him down,” the guard who craved anonymity said.
LEADERSHIP learnt that the bomber was nearly lynched by some irate students, but some teachers and school officials rescued him and took him away and locked him up before police operatives came and whisked him away.
An eyewitness, who is also a student, told Leadership that there was a white vehicle parked in the midst of the school for hours and it was the same vehicle that exploded and killed students.