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00:00Nigeria's reeling in the wake of a string of suicide bombings that killed at least 32 in
00:05the northeastern town of Gwoza. Saturday's blasts targeted a wedding, a hospital and a funeral
00:11amongst the four sites. All of these places and gatherings where people expect compassion
00:17and solidarity. Instead, they were met with violence.
00:22We can't even say how these people got to Gwoza. We don't know how many of them,
00:28we don't know why they did all this. With the issue of the insurgency around, we're trying
00:35to settle people, taking them back to their places, but unfortunately this incident happened.
00:40You see, there's going to be so much fear in people and movements in Gwoza,
00:48not only in Gwoza, even the surroundings.
00:51I have no words. My son is unconscious. I pray that God would grant him a speedy recovery
01:00and to the perpetrators of this heinous act, may God guide them on the right path.
01:06I can't just imagine the pain of losing five people at a time. So this is something I can
01:12actually not forget because this has taken me back to memory lane of 2014,
01:17when Gwoza was raided by this terrorist group.
01:21Well, no one's yet claimed responsibility for the attacks, some of which involved some
01:26female bombers, but there are fears that they mark the return of a grim tactic used
01:30by Boko Haram extremists in Borno State in the past. Sam Olokoya tells us more.
01:38It has been several years that Nigeria saw these kinds of highly coordinated suicide bombings.
01:43The attacks evoke the frightening feeling that suicide bombers who have been on break
01:48for several years may be back again. For many Nigerians, the attacks in Gwoza brought back
01:55familiar memories, corpses and various human body parts blown to bits. Nigerians were treated to
02:03these chilling images before the suicide bombers took a break years back. Major cities like the
02:10capital Abuja, Kaduna, Kanu and Meduguri still bear the scars of suicide bombings.
02:17The reign of terror had no limits and no rules. The United Nations building in Abuja,
02:23crowded markets, bus stops, mosques, churches and media houses were among the places targeted.
02:30The question Nigerians are asking is whether the evil days of suicide bombings are back again
02:36after living under a sense of false security for many years. If so, Nigerians will be living in
02:43fear and wondering when the next suicide bomber will strike. It is the first suicide bombing
02:49since President Mbola Tinubu came to power a little over a year ago. If this marks a resumption
02:56of suicide bombings, it will pose a major challenge for a government that has many problems to deal
03:02with.