Borno Bomb Attacks: Tinubu Condemns Act, Says Surveyor Of Terror Will Pay Heavy Price

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President Bola Tinubu says his administration is taking necessary measures to secure citizens, stating that efforts will be redoubled to ensure those who trouble the nation, dispatching precious lives, and disrupting law and order are completely removed.

The president condemned the bomb attacks, which resulted in the loss of lives and maiming of other citizens in Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State.

The president in a statement made available by his spokesperson, Ajuri Ngelale describes 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.

The President declares 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 slither into an era of fear, tears, sorrow, and blood.

Source: AIT

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