President
Muhammadu Buhari has condemned Thursday’s massacre of innocent persons in
Birane village, Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The
President, in
a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity,
Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Friday, commiserated with families of the
victims of the ”heinous and inhuman attacks on defenceless citizens”.
President Buhari directed the Minister of Defence, Brig-Gen.
Mansur Dan Ali (Rtd) to proceed immediately to the state to undertake an
on-the-spot assessment of the situation and report back. He also directed
security agencies to immediately mobilise and deploy their members to the
vulnerable areas of the state, and ensure that the perpetrators are brought to
face the full wrath of the law. The President assured the Zamfara State
government, victims of the mayhem and residents in the state, that the Federal
Government would continue do all it takes to support security agencies to
secure lives and property, not only in the affected state but in all parts of
the country. He restated his administration’s determination to put an end to
the spate of senseless spilling of innocent blood in parts of the country, and
called for restraint to allow the nation’s security apparatus to stem the
undesirable trend. The President prayed that Almighty God would receive the souls
of the departed, and comfort their families
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