{"id":393,"date":"2024-07-03T20:32:29","date_gmt":"2024-07-03T20:32:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/?p=393"},"modified":"2024-07-03T20:32:29","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T20:32:29","slug":"gwoza-suicide-attack-failure-of-security-intelligence-says-akpabio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/2024\/07\/03\/gwoza-suicide-attack-failure-of-security-intelligence-says-akpabio\/","title":{"rendered":"Gwoza Suicide Attack: Failure of Security Intelligence Says Akpabio\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li dir=\"auto\">Gwoza Suicide Attack: Failure of Security Intelligence Says Akpabio<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">By George Mgbeleke (Abuja )<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio on Wednesday described the multiple suicide bombing attacks of Gwoza Community of Borno State as a failure of Security Intelligence gathering by the nation&#8217;s security apparatus.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Akpabio&#8217;s comment is common the heels of a motion by Senator Ali Ndume, APC Borno South, on matters of national importance titled; Suicide Attacks in Gwoza, Borno State: The Urgency to Stem the Tide of this Ugly Menace.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Senate President who who lamented the huge loss of life in the attacks said if the security operatives have been more proactive in gathering intelligence, the incidence could have been averted.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;This is a failure of intelligence, preventive security must be emphasized if we are to prevent this kind of incident from happening again,&#8221; he said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Senator, Ali Ndume who sponsored the motion noted that the brazen suicide bombers who targeted a wedding ceremony, funeral and hospital in a sporadic and coordinated attacks in the Gwoza town of Borno State were carried out by well dressed young girls who had been indoctrinated to commit the suicide bombing as a way to heaven.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;This resulted in the unfortunate deaths of about 32 innocent Nigerians so far, leaving scores of other victims wounded with varied degrees of injuries.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;One of the incidents occurred near a busy motor park in Tashan Mararaba, Gwoza town and the victims were mainly civilians returning from a wedding ceremony, where the assailant was identified to be a young lady in her early twenties,&#8221; he said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Ndume said these attacks have raised significant concerns about the security situation in the region, which has been a flash point of terrorist attacks over the years, and this calls for concerted and coordinated efforts of the security agencies to address the state of insecurity in Borno State and other parts of the country experiencing similar situations.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He stated further that in today\u2019s word, asymmetric warfare, whereby its strategy and tactics, differ significantly from the normal conventional war, the approach by our security agencies should be scientifically and technologically based with the use of modern softwares and facilities to fight the menace,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0The Borno Senator then urged the Senate to observed a minute silence in honour of those innocent Nigerians who lost their precious lives from these unfortunate incidents.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He also urge the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to intensify efforts by providing relief materials to the victims of the attacks while calling on the Federal Government to direct the security agencies in the country to deploy the use of modern technology in the fight against insurgency and to make concerted efforts in securing the hot spots inhabited by the insurgents, namely, the Lake Chad Region, Sambisa Forest; and Mandara Mountains, respectively.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">However, an amendment to the prayers by Senator Adams Oshiomole seeking the probe of army fund diverted to establishment of Education institution by past army chiefs was voted out by the Senate.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gwoza Suicide Attack: Failure of Security Intelligence Says Akpabio By George Mgbeleke (Abuja ) The President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio on Wednesday described the multiple suicide bombing attacks of Gwoza Community of Borno State as a failure of Security Intelligence gathering by the nation&#8217;s security apparatus. 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