Jeddah, Safar 5, 1436, Nov 27, 2014, SPA -- The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Iyad Ameen Madani, has strongly condemned the twin suicide bomb attack on 25 November 2014 at a popular market in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital in northeastern Nigeria in which seventy eight people were killed and score of others injured. The OIC Secretary General who expressed profound sadness and horror at the continuing acts of mass murder by the Boko Haram terror group targeting innocent people, conveyed his sincere condolences to the families of the victims, the Borno state government and the people of Nigeria. He urged the authorities to intensify their efforts to bring to an end this brutal insurgency. The Secretary General restated the firm position of the OIC against any form and manifestation of terrorism and violent extremism and reaffirmed the solidarity of the Organization with the government in Nigeria in its endeavors to combat the menace of terrorism. --SPA 18:25 LOCAL TIME 15:25 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w