Those behind Borno attacks will be decisively confronted – Shettima

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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

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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.

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

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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)

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