The Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, has paid a condolence visit to the victims and families of those who lost their lives in the Saturday suicide bombings in Gwoza area of Borno State.
Senator Shettima described the incident as pathetic, even as he quoted the late Dele Giwa saying, “One life lost in cold blood is as gruesome as millions lost in cold blood.”
Speaking with journalists immediately after meeting and commiserating with victims of the attack at the State Specialist Hospital, Maiduguri, Senator Shettima, also conveyed the condolences of President Bola Tinubu to the Borno State government and the people of Gwoza.
A statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media & Communications, Office of the Vice President, Stanley Nkwocha, the Vice President pegging the death toll at 32, noted that while 42 persons injured in the attacks were brought to the Specialist Hospital, 14 have been discharged after receiving treatment, with 26 still being attended to.
While in Maiduguri, the Vice President also attended the funeral prayer for the late mother of former Borno Governor, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, Hajiya Aisa who died on Sunday at aged 93 after a protracted illness.
Writing by Olaedo Mbiwe; Editing by Julian Osamoto
