By Sunday Okobi
Former Vice President and chieftain of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Thursday mourned victims of
last Wednesday evening suicide bombing in Maiduguri, Borno State, which claimed
several lives and left scores wounded.
Atiku describes as disturbing the increasing cases
of girls being used as suicide bombers, adding that “we need our girls to be
mothers, teachers and scientists in the future, certainly not being used to
carry out extremist ideologies.”
The bomb explosion in Maiduguri was reported to
have been carried out by four female suicide bombers-a signature of Boko Haram
bomb blast attacks in recent times.
The former vice president in a statement by his media office noted that the Boko Haram
sect is still a potent threat to the lives and property of Nigerians,
especially in the North-east region of the country, encouraging Nigerians to
remain on their guards as well as partner security operatives closest to them
to report suspicious activities.
"We are all in this together. We must work
closely with security operatives on ground to make sure that our land is secure
and our lives are safe. The threat that we face is real and our determination
to face the threat must be daring.
“I pray to God for a peaceful repose of the dead
and fortitude to their bereaved families and friends,” he said.
Meanwhile, Atiku has condemned the killing of two
policemen during a kidnap operation of two foreigners, one American and a
Canadian, along the Abuja-Kaduna expressway last Tuesday.
He explained that while kidnapping on its own is a
criminal act, it is equally an act of sabotage against the national economy.
“Kidnapping drives away foreign investors. It drives
away corporate and individual donors from engaging in humanitarian missions and
the gross debilitating effect it leaves on the health of the national economy,”
Atiku said.
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