Vice President Kashim Shettima has expressed grief over the death of 25 persons killed in the multiple bomb explosions in different locations across Maiduguri, Borno State, on Monday. 

The Vice President maintained that no religion sanctions the killing of innocent lives, noting that the sanctity of human life remains a core tenet of major world faiths.
 
VP Shettima, at the closing of the Annual Ramadan Tafsir at the State House Mosque, Abuja, prayed Almighty Allah to grant the souls of those killed in the terror attack in Maiduguri eternal rest, reward them with Aljannah firdaus and give their family the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss. 

Praying Almighty Allah to also vanish all agents of terror from the surface of the earth, the VP said, "May the lives of innocent souls - 25 of them - that lost their lives in Maiduguri last evening rest in peace. 

The Vice President emphasised the need for all Nigerians to continue to pray for the country across every sector, as well as pray that the Almighty should continue to grant President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and members of his team wisdom, courage, sincerity and equity in service. 

He noted that each season of Ramadan reminds Muslims of a truth that power often tries to hide from man, and that no sit is permanent, just as no office is ultimate and no human being stands above his dependence on his creator. 

The VP called on the Muslim faithful to continue to live in the teachings and lessons of the month of Ramadan, as the final days of Ramadan begins to sleep through their fingers. 

He paid growing tribute to the Chief Imam of the State House Mosque, Sheikh Abdulwaheed Suleiman Abubakar, and his lieutenant for conducting the Tafsir with wisdom, calm hearts.

Earlier, the Chief Imam prayed for sustainable peace and development of Nigerian and the success of the Tinubu administration's policies and programmes.