Secondus Sympathises With Maiduguri Bomb BlastVictims

Calls for change of tactics

Onyebuchi Ezigbo

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, yesterday condoled with the victims of Sunday’s suicide bomb in Belle village, near Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.

He said it was time for security agencies to review their strategies so as to proactively avert bloodletting of innocent persons.

Secondus added that the senseless bombing that led to loss of over 29 lives and about 90 persons injured on Easter Day was very unfortunate and condemnable.

The PDP boss said in a statement signed by his spokesperson, Ike Abonyi, that his heart and that of other well meaning Nigerians are with the families who lost their beloved ones as well as the injured.

Secondus charged security agencies operating in the area on the need to review their strategies so as to proactively avert more bloodletting of innocent persons.

He said the need to adjust the military operations in the region became imperative given the disturbing record of the United Nations UN Coordination of Humanitarian Affair (OCHA) released in Abuja on Monday showing that 22 attacks were carried out against the people in the region in the most troubled states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa in the last three months.

According to available records, over 120 deaths and over 200 injured in the three months of this year excluding abductions.

Secondus also charged President Muhammadu Buhari and his All Progressives Congress (APC)controlled federal government to ensure that the humanitarian situation in the region is not allowed to deteriorate.

“It’s a pity that in this country today, human lives mean nothing as innocent citizens continue to lose their lives daily with women and children worse hit.

He appealed to the militants to embrace peace and avoid wasting of human blood which cannot be justified by any reason.