Two Female Students Mistaken For Suicide Bombers Escape Lynching In Minna

Two female students of the Federal University of Technology, Minna, Niger State narrowly escaped being lynched yesterday at Jumma’at central mosque for refusing to surrender their bags for security search. The students, who were wearing hijab, were suspected to be suicide bombers by members of the public.

Tension heightened as the case of the suspected ladies was being dealt with a loud explosive sound was heard from a different direction, prompting many worshippers to run for safety.

A witness told Weekly Trust that the students arrived the mosque vicinity when prayer was about to start and they resisted attempts to search their bags. He added that the timely intervention of the police saved the lives of the two students as members of the public had started descending on them.


Police spokesperson, DSP Ibrahim Gambari, said the students were not members of Boko Haram as suspected but undergraduates of FUT Minna. He added that the students, who are Muslims were returning from a journey and that decided to say their prayers at the Jumma’at mosque before proceeding back to the Bosso campus of FUT. He stated that one of the female students sustained an injury in the process.