Two bombs went off on the outskirts of the Nigerian capital Abuja late on Friday, an official said, the first such incident in the area in over a year.
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TUC in a statement signed by its President, Comrade Bobboi Bala Kaigama and Secretary General, Comrade Musa Lawal, condemned last week’s bombings in Abuja and Maiduguri, describing the attacks as needless and mindless.
After several military setbacks, the group Boko Haram in recent months has increased its operations against defenseless villages and suicide bombings in urban centres in north-eastern Nigeria.
He has given his top commanders until early November to end the fighting, which has claimed at least 17,000 lives and made more than 2.5 million homeless since 2009, creating a major humanitarian crisis.
Friday’s explosions in two suburbs of Abuja happened “almost simultaneously” at about 22:30 (21:30 GMT), a spokesman for the National Emergency Management Agency said.
A Boko Haram flag fluttered from an abandoned command post in the town of Gamboru in Borno state, Nigeria, February 4, 2015.
He said all Nigerians must therefore close ranks and present a common front in support of our government and security forces in the fight against terrorism in our country.
Boko Haram has repeatedly attacked Maiduguri with at least 10 people killed and 39 others injured on Thursday night when four suicide bombers blew themselves up in the city.
“The police are focusing on the displaced persons because they believe a few of them could be Boko Haram sympathizers, who are working for the sect”.
Adesina added that the President reassured the survivors that the Federal Government would take full responsibility for settling their medical bills.
Attacks by the group have intensified since Muhammadu Buhari became president in May, vowing to defeat the group.
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The same bus station in Nyanya, to the east, was hit twice a year ago.
