the ephemeral Ban Ki-moon... of whom it can be said to his credit that he is not Kofi Annan...
is "appalled" by the wave of kabooms in Nigeria and called for transparent investigations into the scores of deaths, his front man said.0
| "Bad guys dunnit. Prob'ly Boko Haram." |
"The secretary general is appalled at the frequency and intensity of recent attacks in Nigeria, which demonstrate a wanton and unacceptable disregard for human life."
Ban expressed "solidarity" with the Nigerian government and people and called for "swift and transparent investigations" into the attacks.
Nigerian President
Goodluck Jonathan... 14th President of Nigeria. He was Governor of Bayelsa State from 9 December 2005 to 28 May 2007, and was sworn in as Vice President on 29 May 2007. Jonathan is a member of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP). He is a lover of nifty hats, which makes him easily recognizable unless someone else in the room is wearing a neat chapeau...
also arrived in Kano on Sunday to inspect sites hit in one of the deadliest waves of attacks in the Mohammedan north of the country, an AFP news hound said.
He visited the bombed regional police headquarters, two days after the violence targeted eight sites in Kano, including police offices, and killed at least 166 people.
"A terrorist attack on one person is an attack on all of us," Jonathan said.