SECURITY TEAMS SEARCH FOR PEPETRATORS OF KADUNA CHURCH ATTACK

Security operatives have launched a massive manhaunt for pepetrators of Sunday`s twin bomb attack  at the Saint Andrew`s Protestant Church inside a military barracks of the Armed Forces Command and Staff College, in Jaji, Kaduna state. Eleven people were confirmed dead while 30 others were reported injured.
Military sources said a bus entered the barracks and rammed into the wall of the Saint Andrew`s Protestant Church. Minutes later, another car blew up outside the church.
Though the first blast caused no casualties, the second blast however did as curious worshippers gathered around the wreckage/debris of the initial blast, when the second explosion went off.
No individual or group has so far claimed responsibility for the attack.

Meanwhile the Christian Associationof Nigeria (CAN) and the Northern States Governors Forum (NSGF) and the Kaduna State Government have strongly condemned the attack, assuring that no stone would be left unturned to end the recurring terrorist attacks.

Sunday`s incident is the second terrorist bomb attack this year, targeted at military barracks of the Nigerian Army in Kaduna state with the explosions at the 1st Mechanised Division of the Nigerian Army, Kaduna in February, while in October about 100 people were injured as eight lives were lost after a suspected suicide bomber rammed his car into the St. Rita’s Catholic Church, Malali area; as well as other attacks.
In August, a bomb explosion occurred in Kaduna metropolis, killing at least four people along Ali Akilu road between Abakpa Total/Shagalinku.
In September, a series of bomb explosions rocked the city of Zaria in Kaduna state, killing at least 3 people and injuring several others. The blast which took place at Tukur Tukur area near Barewa College, occurred when soldiers of the Joint Task Force (JTF) stormed some buildings, which were inhabited by suspected members of Boko Haram sect.

The federal government has given financial and logistics support to the nation`s armed forces to address the anomaly. And just last week, the JTF offered a financial reward for anyone or group with information leading to the arrest of leaders of the terrorist sect.