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BY DANIEL IDONOR<\/strong><\/p>\n

ABUJA \u2013 PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan, Friday, visited the scene of\u00a0 yesterday\u2019s suicide\u00a0 bomb attack at \u00a0the headquarters of the Nigerian Police Force\u00a0and urged Nigerians not to\u00a0panic over the emergence of suicide bombers\u00a0 in the country, saying that very soon, the Islamic sect, Boko Haram, that\u00a0 claimed responsibility for the attack will be history.<\/p>\n

Fielding questions from State House Correspondents during on-the-spot assessment of the incident, President Jonathan maintained that though the emergence of suicide bombers\u00a0 in Nigeria is disturbing, there is no cause for panic as the ugly trend would soon be nipped in the bud.<\/p>\n

He assured that\u00a0 bomb blasts occurrences in the country\u00a0will soon be a thing of the past.
According to him, though it is a global occurrence, government will get to the roots of the matter as it concerns the nation<\/p>\n

\u201cWe use this opportunity to assure Nigerians that it happens all over the world, no country is free. Nigeria is also having some ugly incidents lately, but surely, we will get over it and people should not panic at all, soon most of these things will be a thing of the past\u201d, he declared.
While commiserating with all those that were affected in the dastardly act, the President said \u201csome vehicles were burnt and some people must have been victims of the explosion. First and foremost, let me commiserate with those people who lost their lives and property\u201d.<\/p>\n

He stressed that the case should also not be viewed in isolation as even the safe American white house has been a target by terrorist in the past.<\/p>\n

Asked if the Inspector-General of Police was the target, Jonathan said \u201cno, it is not just the IG, everybody is a target of terrorist attacks. I don\u2019t want to make reference to what happened in the United States that they were to crash a plane into the White House. So, terrorist will aim at the top if they can bomb the President, they will do it\u201d.<\/p>\n

President Jonathan who was received by the IGP, Hafiz Rigim and DIG, Evelyn Okonkwo, was accompanied on the visit by Ima Niboro,\u00a0 Oronto Douglas and\u00a0 other officials of the Protocol unit in Aso Rock.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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