Vice President Kashim Shettima has arrived in Lagos to brief President Bola Tinubu on his on-the-spot assessment of the security situation in Maiduguri, Borno State, following his recent visit to the region.
Shettima’s visit comes after last Monday’s deadly suicide bombings at three Maiduguri locations, which claimed at least 23 lives and injured more than 100 others.
In a post on his verified X account on Sunday, Shettima said his visit to Maiduguri was undertaken at the instance of the President to engage with families and communities affected by recent tragic incidents in the state.
“The Vice President will brief the President on the outcome of his visit to Maiduguri to see families and communities affected by the tragic incidents in Borno State, as well as his on-the-spot assessment of the situation on the ground.
“Thereafter, Vice President Kashim Shettima is expected to lead serving governors on Sallah homage to the President,” the post read.
The coordinated attacks occurred around 7:02 p.m. on Monday, when suicide bombers detonated explosives almost simultaneously at the popular Maiduguri Monday Market, the Post Office Flyover area, and the security post at the entrance of the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital.
Police put the death toll at 23, with 108 people sustaining varying degrees of injuries.
During his visit to the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, where many of the injured are receiving treatment on Wednesday, Shettima condemned the attacks as “barbaric” and stressed that no cause—religious or otherwise—justifies the killing of innocent civilians.
He assured victims and their families of the federal government’s full support through the National Emergency Management Agency, the North East Development Commission, and the Borno State Government.
“We will not rest on our laurels until full peace and sanity is restored in Borno, the Northeast, and the nation as a whole,” Shettima declared, vowing that those behind the attacks would be “decisively confronted.”
