The Borno State Government has lamented the recent multiple bombings which took place in the Gwoza Local Government Area (LGA), saying it is an ‘error we didn’t see coming’.
The attacks, carried out by four suicide bombers on Saturday, resulted in the loss of 18 lives and injured over 30 others.
Reacting, the Borno State Commissioner for Information and Internal Security, Usman Tar, expressed shock over the multiple bombings.
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“It is not an intelligence failure. It is an error that we did not see coming,” Tar said on Monday’s edition of Channels Television’s breakfast show Sunrise Daily.
The commissioner further explained that the attackers may have exploited the state’s porous borders to carry out their operations.
“If terrorists want to attack and they use a particular route that you don’t know, what can you do? As you know our boundaries are porous…
Source: Guardian Newspaper
