Shettima Visits Borno Bomb Victims, Says 32 Died, 32 Injured

In a swift response to the suicide bombings in Gwoza area of Borno State on Saturday, Vice President Kashim Shettima yesterday paid a condolence visit to the victims and families of those who lost their lives in the gory attacks.

According to a statement by his spokesman, Stanley Nkeocha, Shettima described the incident as pathetic, even as he quoted the late Dele Giwa saying, “One life lost in cold blood is as gruesome as millions lost in cold blood.”

Speaking with journalists immediately after meeting and commiserating with victims of the attack at the State Specialist Hospital, Maiduguri, Shettima conveyed the condolences of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to the Borno State Government and the people of Gwoza.

The Vice President who made a personal donation to all the victims of the attacks and condoled with the families of those killed by the multiple explosions, said the heart of the President was with them.

He said: “The heart of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is with the victims and he specifically instructed us to come and offer our condolences and commiserations to the victims of this incident.

“We are here with the Director General of NEMA, with the Minister of Agriculture, with the Minister of Transportation and, of course, the Chief Whip of the Senate, a son of the soil.