Student hailed as hero after he died while blocking female suicide bomber from entering mosque in Maiduguri
A teenager, named Yakubu Fanami, is being hailed on Twitter for preventing a female suicide bomber from entering a mosque where people were praying in Maiduguri on Friday.
The secondary school student was blown up with the suicide bomber in the ensuing confrontation.
A Twitter user, Abubakar Sadiq Kurbe, who shared the news wrote:
“Rest In Peace Hero
HERO OF A NEW NIGERIA
He was a teenager bubbling with life and hope for a better tomorrow. He was an SS1 student in Kaleri Maiduguri, Borno State. On Friday, he sacrificed his life to save hundreds of others who would by now have become history.
No thanks to a female suicide bomber who had wanted to blow them up while at Jumaat. He saw the danger and did everything he could to prevent the bomber from gaining access to the mosque. She detonated and blew herself up with him. But other worshippers were saved.
Yakubu Fanami, you are a hero. You saw evil and stood against it. But for this, I and many others might never have heard of you! Your life was cut short but it was meaningful. If only for the
