Madalla bomb blast victims buried amidst tears

Amidst tears, yesterday, the families, friends and members of St Theresa’s Catholic Church, Madalla, buried victims of last  Christmas day bomb blast which claimed the lives of 43 persons.
The occasion nearly turned chaotic when the crowd that had assembled for the occasion booed the Emir of Suleja, Mallam Auwal Ibrahim, and prevented him from alighting from his car to deliver his goodwill message as requested by the Parish priest, Rev. Father Isaac Achi.  After his arrival at the gate of the church, the emir  was delayed for over 10 minutes before he was allowed inside the compound.

Tears from relatives as victims of the Madalla bomb attack were given mass burial yesterday. Photos: Gbenga Olamikan

He stayed in the car while the church service for the victims was held. The emir, who was later called by Rev. Father Achi to come and give his goodwill message, was firmly rejected by the crowd with shouts of no!no!!  The crowd was restive and insisted that he must not make any speech.
A source later told Vanguard that the security operatives in the area told the Emir to leave the venue, even before the burial of the victims.
Meanwhile, in an interview with journalists, representative of President Goodluck Jonathan, Deputy Chaplain of Aso Villa, Pastor Abba Mishella, assured Nigerians that the Federal Government was set to collaborate with other international security agencies to curb the menace of terrorists in the country.
He said:  “We believe there would be an end to all these bombings soon. The Federal Government has started doing something with the change of the leadership of the Police and we believe there would be a reform in the Police; that would bring about credibility in the things the security agencies are doing.
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Source: Vanguard