Those behind Borno attacks will be decisively confronted – Shettima

Vice President Kashim Shettima has declared that those behind the recent attacks in Maiduguri, the Borno capital, will be decisively confronted.

Shettima said this on Wednesday in Maiduguri when he visited victims of the bomb blast who are receiving treatment at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital.

The vice-president, who restated the Federal Government’s resolve to defeat terrorism, said his visit was to sympathise with the injured and families affected by the tragedy.

He noted that beyond the presidential directive to security chiefs, the Federal Government had been investing more in equipment and other logistics to boost the fight against terrorism across the country.

Shettima condemned the gory multiple explosions in Maiduguri on Monday in which more than 100 people were affected, with over 20 confirmed dead.

The vice-president described the perpetrators as barbaric, stressing that no cause justifies the killing of innocent people.

He gave an assurance of government’s support through the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), the North East Development Commission, and the Borno State Government.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Shettima was accompanied by the Deputy Governor of Borno, Usman Kadafur.

Also in the entourage were the Director-General of NEMA, Zubaida Umar; the Chief Medical Director of the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, Prof. Ahmed Ahijo, and other top government officials. (NAN)