Tinubu condemns bomb attack in Borno, says purveyors of terror will pay a heavy price

Kunle Sanni

President Bola Tinubu on Sunday, condemned the bomb attacks in Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State.

The attack reportedly launched bya suspected female suicide bomber resulted in the loss of 18 lives and properties including the maiming of other citizens in the LGA, state emergency management agency said on Saturday.

According to a statement issued by Ajuri Ngalale, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, President Tinubu described 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.

Ngelale also said the President has also declared 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 slide back into the era of fear, tears, sorrow, and blood.

The President stated 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.