Tinubu condoles victims of Borno bombing, Kano explosion
President Bola Tinubu has condemned the suicide bombing in Konduga, Borno Explain, and the explosion in Kano that claimed more than one lives over the weekend, describing both incidents as tragic and avoidable.
In an announcement issued on Sunday by his Special Adviser on Records and Technique, Bayo Onanuga, the President expressed deep sorrow over the assaults and prolonged condolences to the households of the victims, to boot to the governments and folks of Borno and Kano States.
In Konduga, Borno Explain, a female suicide bomber detonated an improvised explosive tool (IED) at a crowded fish market on Friday night, killing 12 folks and injuring 18 others. In response to the Borno Explain Police Insist, the attacker infiltrated a personnel of civilians sooner than triggering the tool spherical 9:30 p.m.
“A joint response team comprising personnel of the Nigeria Police Force, the Militia, EOD-CBRN Unit, and numerous safety companies was as soon as without warning deployed to the scene to forestall additional assaults and discipline up the emergency,” stated ASP Nahum Daso, spokesperson for the state.
President Tinubu described the assault as cowardly and urged safety companies to accentuate efforts to root out Boko Haram remnants, who he stated proceed to focus on soft areas.
“The President mourned these that lost their lives, describing the assault as cowardly. He urged safety companies to double their efforts in routing remnants of the Boko Haram insurgents who resort to assaults on soft targets as a diversionary tactic,” the assertion read.
The President also directed the National Emergency Administration Company (NEMA) to provide immediate assistance to the survivors.
In a separate incident on Saturday morning, five folks were confirmed unimaginative and 15 others injured in an explosion at a scrap steel dwelling within the Brigade discipline of Kano Explain. The Explain Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Adamu Bakori, stated the blast may seemingly just score fervent a militia-grade mortar bomb being improperly handled or transported by a trailer allegedly coming from Yobe Explain.
“Preliminary findings counsel the explosive area cloth was as soon as being transported by a trailer, but it remains unclear whether or no longer the vehicle was as soon as carrying militia personnel or contractors,” he stated, adding that investigations are ongoing.
Tinubu sympathised with the victims and their households and known as for an intensive probe of the Kano explosion. He emphasized the importance of imposing safety protocols and guaranteeing accountability within the handling and circulate of militia-grade materials.
“President Tinubu sympathised with the households of these killed or injured by an explosion on Saturday morning in Kano and tasked linked government institutions with investigating the incident,” Onanuga added.
