The recent multiple bomb blasts in the Kuje and Nyanya areas of Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory, Abuja is an attempt to mock the Nigerian military over its recent progress in defeating terrorist group, Boko Haram.
NLC President, Comrade Ayuba Wabba
This is the position of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), as the workers union today, October 4, released a statement regarding the incident which shook Abuja to its knees.
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The NLC therefore asked the military not to be deterred by the Abuja blasts while urging them to remain resolute in their fight against the insurgents.
The workers body also charged the federal government to renew it’s efforts to battle the terrorists by conducting comprehensive investigation of several acts of terrorism across the country with the aim of punishing those assisting the terrorists.
The statement quoted the NLC president, Ayuba Wabba, as saying, the terrorists had by their renewed bombing of Abuja, want to portray to the world a false picture that Nigeria is unsafe for its citizens and visitors.
According to him, the development should spur the military on to improve on their efforts to permanently tame insurgency in Nigeria, Thisday reports.
Meanwhile, the death toll from the incident has risen to 18, as of 4pm, Saturday. Hours later, however, it was provided by the director of Public Health at the Ministry of Health, Mr Opada Balami, that 20 people had lost their lives.
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In his reaction, President Muhammadu Buhari issued a statement condemning the prepatrators of the act, saying that he was distressed over the incident.
In a related development, security agencies in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, has beefed up security in the nation’s capital after the multiple bomb blasts recently.
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Abuja Blasts: Terrorists Attempt To Mock Military’s Progress – NLC
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