Vice President Kashim Shettima has visited victims of the bomb blast in Maiduguri, Borno State, who are receiving treatment at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital.

The Vice President restated the Federal Government's resolve to defeat terrorism, declaring that those behind recent attacks in the country will be decisively confronted.

He noted that beyond the presidential directive to security chiefs, the Federal Government was investing more in equipment and other logistics to boost the fight against terrorism across the country.

Condemning the gory multiple explosions in Maiduguri on Monday, in which more than 100 people were affected, with over 20 confirmed dead, Shettima described the perpetrators as barbaric, stressing that no cause justifies the killing of innocent people.

The Vice President said his visit was to sympathise with the injured and families affected by the tragedy. He assured of government's support through the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, the North East Development Commission, and the Borno State Government.

The Vice President was accompanied by Deputy Governor Usman Kadafur of Borno State; NEMA Director-General, Zubaida Umar; Chief Medical Director of the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, Professor Ahmed Ahijo, and other top government officials.