President Bola Tinubu Condemns ‘Horrific’ Borno Blasts, Mourn Victim
President Bola Tinubu has condemned Saturday’s suicide bomb blast in Borno State, describing it as a desperate act of terror.
Eighteen people were killed when four suicide bombers set off improvised explosive devices 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.
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.
Meanwhile, two female suicide bombers have been arrested in connection with the detonation of improvised explosive devices in Gwoza.
A local government official who confirmed this to journalists said 30 of the female suicide bombers were sent into Gwoza to detonate the Improvised Explosives Devices at different locations within the area, but only four suicide bombers exploded so far.
She explained that one of the female bombers that came from Pulka Axis was responding to military interrogation at the checkpoint when she panicked and detonated the Improvised Explosive Device, killing herself, the soldier and a civilian Joint Task Force member.
