Jonathan: We’ll Find Bombers

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28 August 2011

Jonathan: We’ll Find Bombers

President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday inspected the scene of the bomb blast that rocked the United Nations office in Abuja, with a promise to liaise with world leaders and the UN to bring the masterminds to justice.

The Abuja UN office houses 26 humanitarian and development agencies of the global body.

According to him, any terror attack on any part of the world is an affront to humanity and not just the place attacked. He spoke just as the UN called on Nigeria to bring perpetrators and sponsors of the bomb attack to justice.

Members of the council, at a session held at the council's chamber at the UN headquarters in New York to debate peacekeeping, also observed a one-minute silence in honour of the victims of the attack.

Justifying the attack on the UN building, the Boko Haram group yesterday in Maiduguri said their decision to attack the building in Abuja stemmed from the support given by United States of America and UN to the Nigeria government in the persecution of Muslims across the country.