The leader of Boko Haram , Abubakar Shekau , says the terrorist group is responsible for the suicide bombing of a mosque at the University of Maiduguri on Monday. Shekau said this in an audio message on YouTube
following the attack .
The attack , which security officials
said was carried out by a seven- year -old , was the first attack on the
university since the insurgency and it resulted in the death of a professor of Veterinary Medicine as well as the
postponement of examinations
scheduled to take place in the
institution on Monday .
Shekau insisted in the audio message that Nigerian troops did not kill any of his men in Sambisa and warned that more of such attacks should be expected.
According to a transcript of the
audio , published by Sahara Reporters , the Boko Haram leader claimed the attack was because the mosque was mixing Islam with democracy .
“ We carried out the University of
Maiduguri Bomb at the mosque . We
did it because they are mixing Islam
with democracy . We carried out the
attack in the morning and I am
speaking to you this evening . Here in Maiduguri and you will see more of this attacks ,” he said .
