Governor Umar Ganduje of Kano state
has warned Kano residents to be vigilant and report any suspicious persons to
the police following a botched suicide attack on the state – Law enforcement
agents in Kabo rescue a mother of three who was instructed by Boko Haram to
carry out suicide bombing on a popular market in the state.
There is tension in Kano state following the confession of a woman that Boko Haram insurgents asked her to engage in a suicide bombing of a popular in the state.
There is tension in Kano state following the confession of a woman that Boko Haram insurgents asked her to engage in a suicide bombing of a popular in the state.
Punch report that Governor Umar
Ganduje of Kano state has warned Kano residents to be vigilant and report any
suspicious persons to the police following to the confessions of the woman. It
was reported that mother of three, who was abducted in Maiduguri by Boko Haram
insurgents and transported to Hotoro, Kano, where she was eventually rescued by
law enforcement agents. Governor Ganduje said the rescued mother confessed
during an interrogation that she was asked to engage in a suicide bombing of
the popular Kantin Kwari Market but said she did not know the location. The
botched suicide attack on the state has being a subject of discussion among
residents who experienced such attacks during the Jonathan administration.
Gov Shettima Meanwhile, the Chief of Army
Staff Lieutenant General Tukur Yusuf Buratai has spoken out to insist that the
security problems Nigeria currently faces will be resolved in the near future.
The general made the comments at the opening ceremony of the 16th annual conflict
management seminar themed, ‘Harnessing the diverse expertise of government and
non-governmental organisations in rebuilding the socio-economic life of post
conflict communities: North Eastern Nigeria in perspective.’ General Buratai,
represented by General Officer Commanding of 81 Division of the Nigerian army,
Major General Henry Edet, ventilated his belief that the crème of officers
present at the seminar would be able to brainstorm on how best to provide
seamless logistics support across the nation.
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