The death toll in the Saturday suicide bombing attacks in the Gwoza area of Borno State has hit thirty-two.
Vice President, Kashim Shettima, gave the update while speaking with journalists after paying a condolence visit to the victims and families of those who lost their lives in the suicide bombings.
The attacks, carried out on Saturday by suspected female suicide bombers, struck a wedding, a hospital, and a funeral in Gwoza, a town near the border with Cameroon.
While 14 of the victims have been discharged, 26 remain in the hospital receiving treatment.
Shettima described the incident as pathetic, repeating the words of the late Dele Giwa saying, “One life lost in cold blood is as gruesome as millions lost in cold blood.”
The Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media and Communications, Mr. Stanley Nkwocha, revealed details of the VP’s visit in a statement.
It said Shettima conveyed the condolences of President Bola Tinubu to the Borno State government and the people of Gwoza.
The statement expressed gratitude to the Borno State government, the National Emergency Management Agency, the State Emergency Management Agency and ICRC for rising to the challenges of the times and giving their best in terms of support.
It said the Vice President, who made personal donation to all the victims of the attacks and condoled with the families of those killed by the multiple explosions, said the heart of the President was with them.
Recall that President Bola Tinubu, in a statement on Sunday by the Presidency, said his administration would redouble its efforts to ensure that those who trouble the nation, dispatching precious lives, and disrupting law and order are completely removed.