The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Occasion (PDP) within the 2023 elections, Atiku Abubakar, has expressed issues over the incidents of terrorism resurfacing within the North East.
He additionally condemned the bomb assaults, which resulted within the lack of lives and the maiming of different residents within the Gwoza Native Authorities Space of Borno State.
PUNCH On-line reported that deadly bomb attacks killed not less than 18 individuals and maimed many others on Saturday in Tashan Mararaba, Gwoza city, Borno State.
In a press release on Sunday issued by way of his X deal with, Atiku mentioned the suicide assaults in Borno are unhappy and condemnable, stressing that ugly incidents are worrisome.
The previous Vice chairman mentioned the achievements recorded within the battle in opposition to insurgency are being cancelled by the Tinubu authorities as a result of its lacklustre posture in direction of combating terrorists.
He wrote, “It’s a unhappy growth that the ugly incidents of terrorism are resurfacing and, certainly, metastasising within the North-East.
“The reported assault by suicide bombers at a marriage reception, funeral procession, and a hospital on Saturday stands condemned.
“It’s unlucky that a lot of the pushback that had been achieved in opposition to the Boko Haram terror sect is being cancelled, owing primarily to the federal government’s lacklustre posture to carry firmly on the frontline.”
Atiku, subsequently, requested the federal authorities to make sure that the North East doesn’t slide again into the fingers of terrorists and grow to be the theatre of maximum violence.
He added, “It’s thus necessary to name on the federal authorities to get up to their accountability and to guarantee that the North-East doesn’t slide again right into a theatre of terrorism and excessive violence.
“My condolences go to the households of victims of those assaults, and it’s my prayer that God grants a peaceable repose to the souls of the departed.”