Bomb Blast: Igbo In Kano On 3-Day Mourning

[Shola Sholaz]

The Igbo community in Kano, Wednesday, commenced a three day mourning over last Monday's bomb attack at Sabon Gari bus Park which claimed more than 70 lives who were mostly people from the Southern part of the country.
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Chairman of Ohaneze in Kano, Mr. Tobias Idika who announced the three day mourning said during the period, all Igbos are expected to remain at home while they will also fast and offer special prayers to avert future occurrence of the ugly incident.
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The three day mourning which commenced yesterday was complied with as schools, shops were closed in the Sabon Gari area of the city. Commercial activities were completely paralysed as all the Igbos did not open their shops while security was also beefed up.
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According to Idika, "what happened was a calamity and we must fast and pray to God that such a thing will not happen again."
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Mr. Idika also explained that the Igbo community was opposed to the plans by the state government to conduct a mass burial for the victims of the blast.
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The state government had argued that some of the victims were burnt completely beyond recognition as their relations could not identify them.
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Meanwhile, Ndigbo have been advised against avenging the terrorist attack. Making the plea yesterday, the Igbo Youth Movement (IYM) in a statement by its President, Evang Elliot Uko said any form of retaliation would aid the terrorists in achieving their goal of setting Nigeria on fire.

[Shola Sholaz]