United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, has condemned the deadly bomb blasts that occured in some parts of northern Nigeria on Christmas day and "called for an end to all acts of sectarian violence in the country".
A deadly bomb blast targeting St. Theresa’s Catholic Church in Madella,
a town on the outskirt of Abuja, Nigeria's capital city, had killed not
less than 35 people and wounded several others, most of them
worshippers who were just leaving church after Christmas day mass.
Another suicide bomb attack at the Yobe State Command Headquarters of
the Department of State Security Services (SSS) in Damaturu had claimed
the lives of three security operatives, while two other explosions
targeting Mountain of Fire and Miracle Church, Jos, Plateau State, that
same day, claimed the life of a policeman.
A militant religious sect, Boko Haram, had already claimed responsibility for these deadly attacks.
A five-paragraph statement issued in New York said the UN scribe "strongly condemned" the bombings and reiterated his firm conviction that no objective sought can justify this resort to violence.
A five-paragraph statement issued in New York said the UN scribe "strongly condemned" the bombings and reiterated his firm conviction that no objective sought can justify this resort to violence.
Ki-moon also expressed his sympathy and condolences to the people of Nigeria and to those who lost loved ones in the attacks.
In the statement, Ki-moon recalled that, "Last month, at least 65 people were killed in the north-eastern cities of Damaturu and Potiskum after Islamist insurgents bombed churches, mosques and police stations and fought hours of gun battles with police."
The White House had earlier condemned the attack, which it described
as "senseless violence", said United States had been in contact with
Nigerian officials and would assist them in bringing those responsible
to justice.
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