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Buhari: Nigeria would ’ve been in turmoil, says Jonathan
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RESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan was all gratitude to Allah yesterday for sparing the lives of former Head of State Gen. Muhammadu Buhari and top Islamic preacher Sheik Dahiru Bauchi. The duo escaped assassination on Wednesday when the fundamentalist sect, Boko Haram, deto-
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nated two bombs in Kaduna. Jonathan, receiving Muslim leaders in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on the Eid-el-Fitri Sallah homage at the Presidential Villa, said that the country
would have been in turmoil if the terrorists had succeeded. The President who fasted during Ramadan, described the period as a time to reflect and be our neighbours’ keepers. He said: “Not too long ago, we had these dastardly at-
tacks in Kano and Kaduna. We stand to condemn these acts of terror on our people. And we extend our condolences and sympathy to the bereaved and those who might have been injured. The recent attacks in Kaduna, especially where Sheik Dahiru Bauchi was a target and Gen. Muhammadu Buhari was also a target.” Continued on page 4
Bloody weekend: Boko Haram on the rampage 30 killed in Adamawa Man, wife, dad, maid die in Kano bombing Cameroon deputy PM’s wife abducted
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OKO Haram insurgents were on the rampage at the weekend. They abducted yesterday the wife of Cameroon’s Vice Prime Minister. The sect’s fighters also kidnapped an influential traditional and Muslim spiritual leader in northern Cameroon, along with his family. In Kano, a man, his father, wife and maid died when a bomb was hurled at a church congregation after a mass. Adamawa State was also hit by the insurgents, who attacked three villages, killing 30 residents. A village head was abducted. The insurgents raided Kolofata - Cameroon’s border town with Nigeria’s Borno State. Three people were killed in the attack. It was the third attack by the sect on Cameroon’s northern towns since FriWHERE ARE day. THE CHIBOK The Cameroonian government and the military conGIRLS KIDNAPPED firmed the abductions. ON APRIL 15? Continued on page 4
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•A TRA GED Y AVER TED: Kano Police Commissioner Adenrele Shinaba showing a vehicle wired for bombing by insurgents in Kano...yesterday TRAGED GEDY VERTED:
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