UN restates
support to combat terrorism in Nigeria
The Borno
State Police Command has said that 16 people were killed in Konduga town of the
state when three suspected suicide bombers attacked a livestock market by
detonating their strapped Improvised Explosives Devices (IEDs) on Tuesday.
The triple
market bomb blasts also injured 82 traders and passers-by who have been taken
to Maiduguri hospital for treatment.The state’s Police Commissioner, Damian
Chukwu, who confirmed this yesterday in a text message sent to The Guardian,
said that 16 people were killed and not 27 as reported in other media on
Tuesday.
Chukwu said
the police had deployed personnel of the Explosives Ordinance Department (EOD)
to sanitise the affected area.Konduga Local Council headquarters, 40 kilometres
from the state capital, had been attacked by Boko Haram insurgents for over two
dozen times to infiltrate Maiduguri metropolis.
Meanwhile,
Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN), António Guterres, has extended
condolences to the government and Nigerians for the loss of lives during
Tuesday’s terrorist attacks in Borno State, wishing speedy recovery to those
injured.
Guterres, in
a statement signed by his spokesman, Stéphane Dujarric, reiterated the UN
solidarity and support to fight against terrorism and violent extremism in
Nigeria.
He also
condemned the series of terrorist attacks in Borno State and called for swift
justice on those responsible for the repeated heinous acts in Nigeria and the
neighbouring countries.He, however, renewed the UN commitment in supporting
efforts within the framework of the counter-terrorism initiatives of the Lake
Chad Basin Commission.
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