President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has reacted to the suicide bomb attack in in Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State.
Recall that multiple Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) were detonated in different locations in the town including a wedding venue.
A survivor said the first bomber was carrying a baby on her back when she stormed the venue and detonated the IED
As people gathered to bury those killed at the wedding, Saidu said a third bomber, a lady, detonated another IED with a lot of casualties.
While emergency officials were in the hospital coordinating the rescue mission, a fourth blast was set off by a female teenager.
In a ‘State House Press Release’, 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 which was signed by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, added “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 statement reads:
PRESIDENT TINUBU CONDEMNS BOMB ATTACKS IN BORNO STATE, SAYS PURVEYORS OF TERROR WILL PAY A HEAVY PRICE
President Bola Tinubu strongly condemns the bomb attacks, which resulted in the loss of precious lives and the maiming of other citizens in Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State.
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 President declares 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 President states that his administration is taking necessary measures to secure citizens, emphasizing that efforts will be redoubled to ensure that those who trouble the nation, dispatching precious lives, and disrupting law and order are completely removed.
President Tinubu condoles with the victims of the attacks, the families of the deceased, as well as the government and people of Borno State.
Chief Ajuri Ngelale
Special Adviser to the President
(Media & Publicity)
June 30, 2024
