Atiku Ex-VP says attack on UNIMAID mosque is dangerous
Atiku Abubakar has described the attack on University of
Maiduguri as a dangerous development.
Ex-Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has condemned the suicide
bomb attack on a mosque at the University of Maiduguri.
On Monday, January 16, 2017, Atiku described the attack as a
dangerous development.
Atiku said in a statement released by his media office in
Abuja on Monday that the attack was not just about a bomb exploding in a mosque
but an attack on education in the North-East.
He said that lack of education was one of the most alarming
threats to security in the North-East, pointing out that most terrorists were
people who never had the chance or ability to read the Koran for themselves.
According to him, it is for this reason that they cannot
interpret the tenets of Islam beyond the false teachings of their terrorist
commanders.
“A sound education will provide our youth with the ability
to analyse and make informed decisions.
“It is an opportunity that many young people in the
North-East of Nigeria do not have at present, making it easy for false teachers
to control them,” the former vice president said.
He stated that the attack at the university mosque was
particularly worrisome, having come at a time when the terrorist group was
clearly degraded.
“We cannot afford to be complacent now or in the future,” he
cautioned.
He condoled with the families of the deceased, students and
staff of the university over the loss of lives and prayed for quick recovery of
the injured.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the twin-bomb
attack occurred during the early morning prayers at the university’s mosque on
Monday.
Official from the National Emergency Management Agency
(NEMA) and their Borno counterpart confirmed the death of a professor in the
institution, a child and two bombers in the attack.
Seventeen persons reported to have been injured in the
incident were currently receiving treatment in hospitals in Maiduguri.
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