Mohammed, who was speaking to State House correspondents on Monday’s attack at the Taraba State Ministry of Finance, said the police had intensified efforts toward checking the activities of terror groups across the country.
Terrorists threw explosives at the motorcade of the Commissioner of Police in Taraba, Mamman Sule, while he was going through the ministry to his own office.
Mohammed refuted the claim that the Taraba attack was targeted at Sule, saying that arrests had been made in connection with the attack.
Mohammed had earlier attended a high powered meeting of top security officials including the National Security Adviser (NSA), retired Gen. Owoye Azazi and the Minister of Police Affairs, Caleb Olubolade at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The meeting was presided over by Vice-President Namadi Sambo.
The explosion in Jalingo was said to have claimed the lives of 11 civil servants at the premises of the Ministry of Finance.
``We can confirm that 11 people were killed. 10 people died at the spot, while one person died at the Federal Medical Centre in Jalingo,’’ Umar Waziri, the Red Cross Information Coordinator in Taraba.
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