Nigeria: Boko Haram Bombings - Don't Panic, FG Reassures

8 November 2011

Abuja — Following the renewed threat by Boko Haram sect to carry out more bomb attacks in Abuja after weekend bloodbath in Damaturu, Yobe State capital which claimed more than 150 lives, the Federal Government yesterday asked members of the public not to panic assuring that security agencies have put in place adequate measures to secure lives and property.

Government assurance came just as the Yobe State Commissioner of Police, Mr Sulaiman Lawal released details of the casualty suffered by members of the security agencies in the attack.

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