President Goodluck Jonathan said Sunday that arrests have been made over attacks in the city of Kano that killed at least 166 people and that the supporters of Boko Haram group were being pursued.
President Goodluck Jonathan visited Kano city on Sunday after one of the deadliest waves of attacks in the country.
Jonathan, facing the biggest crisis of his rule, arrived in the city to see the extent of damages caused by the coordinated bombings and gunbattles that rocked Kano in attacks claimed by the Boko Haram.group.
“A terrorist attack on one person is an attack on all of us,” Jonathan said as he inspected sites targeted in the violence, and met the city’s top Muslim traditional leader, Emir Ado Bayero, pledging to boost security.
“Some arrests have been made. Some died in the process. Some were suicide bombers,” Jonathan said in a BBC interview during the visit.
“There must be people who are sponsoring them. Terrorists all over the world have their source of income,” he said
“We are also looking into those areas to make sure that the so-called Boko Haram… those who are encouraging them, those who are sponsoring them, shall be brought to book.”
Asked about numbers of Boko Haram members, he said: “Nobody can say for now, because you know that they are not organised armed forces.”
Coordinated bombings and gunbattles rocked Kano after Friday prayers in attacks claimed by Boko Haram that targeted a police headquarters and other police stations, a secret police building and immigration offices.
Gunfire also erupted in several areas of the city, which had escaped the worst of the violence blamed on the Islamist group in recent months.
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