Following the Christmas Eve terrorist attack in Maiduguri, Borno State, authorities have scaled up security across the country with massive deployments of operatives in worship centres and urban hubs.
A suicide bomber had detonated an explosive device at the Al-Adum Mosque in Gamboru Market, Maiduguri, around 6pm on Wednesday, when worshippers had gathered for prayers, injuring several persons.
The mosque, located near the Customs district, is a popular place of worship frequented by traders and sellers who patronise the bustling market daily.
No fewer than 16,738 tactical squads were deployed in Borno, Kogi, Edo, Bauchi, Plateau, Kano, Abia, and other states.
President Bola Tinubu had directed the authorities to deploy additional tactical teams to Borno and other states, following the terrorist attack in a Maiduguri mosque in which four people were killed.
Vice President Kashim Shettima, in a statement on Thursday by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Communication, Stanley Nkwocha, also vowed that the perpetrators of the bomb explosion would face the full weight of the law. He affirmed that additional tactical teams had been deployed to track down those responsible for the attack.
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