UN Security Council To Meet Over Boko Haram – Omeri

The Coordinator, National Information Centre, Mr Mike Omeri, on Wednesday said the United Nations Security Council would meet on Thursday to decide the status of Boko Haram.

Omeri made this known at a joint news conference of the Department of State Security, Nigeria Police and the Armed Forces in, Abuja.

He said the council would decide whether Boko Haram should be designated as an international terror group like Al-Qaeda, adding that the 15-member council would vote on the matter.

He said Nigeria had begun the implementation of recommendations at the security summit on terrorism in Nigeria which ended in Paris in Monday.

Omeri said the Federal Government viewed the twin bomb blasts in Jos, which claimed many lives on Tuesday, as heinous crime, despicable and horrifying.

He disclosed that the casualty figure from the explosions had risen to 75, adding that the toll included 73 adults and two children.

He said 70 other persons sustained various degrees of injuries and appealed to Nigerians not to rush to the scene of a bomb blast whenever it occurred.

He reiterated government’s commitment to providing security for the citizenry, adding that investigation into the Jos bomb blasts had commenced. (NAN)

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