SAN FRANCISCO, August 12, (THEWILL) – Twenty-four hours after a bomb exploded and killed many people at a market in Sabon Gari town of Borno State, the Defence Headquarters has condemned in its entirety the spate of suicide attacks in the North East where scores of innocent lives are lost on a regular basis.
According to a statement issued on its twitter account, the DHQ, while referring specifically to the Sabon Gari incident, said ”those perpetrating these heinous crimes are callous, barbaric and monsters.”
Pledging to nip the problem in the bud, the military vowed that it ”is intensifying efforts to continue to break the bones of the terrorists and wish to re-state and re-assure Nigerians that it is not relenting in its efforts to rid the country of terrorism and any act of criminalities.”
It added that ”Every step is being taken to neutralise the capability of terrorists whose activities still continue to constitute danger to civil populace as they are in disarray while running away from their former safe haven and no longer capable of confronting the troops.”
The DHQ cautioned the general public to be extra vigilant and be wary of strange faces and objects in their localities, stressing that ”asymmetric warfare calls for collective effort of both the general public and the security agencies in information gathering and sharing.”
It therefore advised the public to always give timely information to the security agencies in order to avert the re-occurrence of the ugly incidence.
