Attack on oil experts: 25 bodies deposited at varsity morgue

  • Attack tragic setback – Shettima

The remains of  25 victims of  the Boko Haram attack in Magumeri Local Government Area of Borno State have been reportedly deposited at the morgue in the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH).

A hospital official told an online medium that military brought in the corpses around 8pm on Wednesday.

The official said among the dead were five senior lecturers of the University of Maiduguri, nine soldiers, members of the civilian JTF and staff of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).

The five staff of the institution were identified as J.V Militus, N.Y Solomon, Manaja Uba and Daniel Birma.

A driver of the institution was also said to be among the victims, even  as the whereabouts of four staff that joined the team on the uneventful mission remained unknown.

Although the school was yet to issue an official statement on the attack, ASUU chairman in the university, Danny Manmam, who addressed journalists, confirmed that four lecturers, two geologists, two technologists and a driver, were still missing since the attack and the rescue mission by the army.

A source gave the names of the individuals as El-Nafaty, a professor, Yusuf Ibrahim,  Kolo, and a technologist from the department of soil sciences, who was simply identified as Mohammed.

“We were first elated when we heard that the military rescued the victims. But, to our dismay we discovered that they were all killed.

“Our initial hope to see them alive was dashed. The soldiers brought only dead bodies,” the source said.

At a press briefing in Abuja yesterday, Ibe Kachikwu, minister of state for petroleum resources, said he could not confirm the rescue of any oil worker.

Sun