Minister of Interior Abba Moro has announced plans by the Federal Government to sponsor the education of children who lost their parents to the Christmas day bomb blast at St. Theresa’s Catholic Church, Madalla, Niger State.
The minister spoke yesterday when he visited members of the church.
He said President Goodluck Jonathan was disturbed by the attack and promised that government was determined to get to the root of the various bomb attacks in the country.
Moro also told some parishioners that the Federal Government was also determined to sponsor victims who sustained serious injuries for treatment abroad.
The minister said government was disturbed by the incessant bombing in some states, assuring that government was working tirelessly toward ensuring that security was improved across the country.
Reassuring the parishioners, Moro said he was going to visit the victims who are at the National Hospital, Gwagwalada Specialist Hospital and other identified hospitals in Abuja.
The parish Priest, Rev Isaac Achi, said he was not around during the morning mass on the fateful day, but when he was told he rushed to church to find the place in chaos.
According to him, “When I got to church saw several bodies on the ground at the front of the church gate.”
He, however, told the minister that the church was yet to ascertain the level of the damage and the exact number of the causalities.
A short mass was yesterday held for the victims of the bomb blast in the church.
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