The Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu, has visited victims of the recent IED explosions receiving treatment at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH) and conducted an on-the-spot assessment at the Maiduguri Monday Market bombing site.
As part of ongoing engagements, the IGP also visited the Borno State Government House and the State Police Command Headquarters to review security measures and strengthen coordinated response efforts.
IGP Disu commiserated with the victims and their families, expressing sympathy over the tragic incidents, while assuring residents of the Nigeria Police Force\u2019s commitment to dismantling all networks responsible for the attacks and preventing any recurrence.
He emphasised that security across Maiduguri has been significantly tightened, with enhanced police deployments, increased surveillance, and robust joint operational measures in place to forestall further threats and ensure public safety.
On Tuesday, police authorities in Borno said 23 people were killed in the bomb blasts that rocked the state on Monday.
\u201cPreliminary investigation reveals that the incidents were carried out by suspected suicide bombers. Regrettably, a total of twenty-three (23) persons lost their lives, while one hundred and eight (108) others sustained varying degrees of injuries,\u201d the spokesman of the Borno State Police Command, Nahum Kenneth-Daso, said.
A combined team of police tactical units, the military, and other joint security operatives has been deployed to the affected areas.
The victims have been evacuated by emergency responders, while those injured are receiving medical attention.
Following the attack, the Nigerian government ordered security chiefs to relocate to Maiduguri, Borno State.
President Bola Tinubu, in condemning the incident, described it as part of the \u201cdesperate and frantic attempts by criminals and terrorist elements trying to instil and spread fear\u201d among people owing to pressure from security forces.
He said the government is beefing up security across the country and has \u201cdirected security chiefs to move to Maiduguri to take charge of the situation.
\u201cI have also directed the emergency agencies to provide proper care for the injured,\u201d Tinubu wrote in a statement on Tuesday.
The president said the incident is \u201cprofoundly upsetting\u201d but warned that \u201cThere is no place in Nigeria where terrorists will find safety.
\u201cWe will locate them, confront them, and completely defeat them.\u201d
\u201cWe will continue to intensify our efforts against all criminal elements, wherever they may be,\u201d Tinubu promised.
He lauded the \u201ccourage and fighting spirit of our patriotic troops\u201d for their efforts in repelling the \u201ccoordinated attacks by these terrorists on military positions in the state\u201d.
Listing efforts by his administration to address insecurity, the ex-Lagos State governor said he recently \u201capproved additional equipment and operational support to enhance their capabilities.
\u201cThis effort is already in progress,\u201d he said.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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