Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has condemned Saturday’s suicide bomb blast in Borno State
18 people were killed when four suicide bombers set off improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Gwoza, the North-Eastern state.
Hours later, the Presidency issued a statement, commiserating with the victims’ families as well as the Borno State Government.
In a statement on Sunday, presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, conveyed the President’s condolence message.
“President Tinubu describes the attacks as desperate acts of terror and a clear manifestation of the pressure mounted against terrorists and the success achieved in degrading their capacity to launch offensives,” the statement read.
Tinubu said that the “purveyors of wanton violence shall have a certain encounter with justice and that these cowardly attacks are only but an isolated episode as his government will not allow the nation to slither into an era of fear, tears, sorrow, and blood.”
The Commander-in-Chief maintained that his administration is taking necessary measures to secure citizens, stressing that efforts will be redoubled to ensure that those who trouble the nation, dispatching precious lives, and disrupting law and order are completely removed
Saturday’s attack is one of the deadliest reported in the state in recent months. It also injured more than 30 persons. The degree of injuries ranges from abdominal ruptures to skull and limb fractures.
The military has imposed a curfew in Gwoza LGA in the wake of the attacks.
