President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), The president of federal republic of Nigeria on Saturday condemned the killing and attacks against non-indigenes and law enforcement officials by terrorists in the South-East, calling on citizens to point out the perpetrators for prosecution.
According to a statement signed by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, the President Buhari was reacting to reports of the beheading of six Nigerien citizens and the brutal killing of some policemen at their duty posts within the region.
He urged community and religious leaders to speak more forcefully against the killings and attacks, stand up and defend the ethos of “our cultural and religious heritage.” before t get out of hand.
In the statement titled ‘President Buhari calls South-East killings sad and unwelcome,’ the Nigerian leader vowed that his regime will take all possible action in conducting a speedy investigation to bring the perpetrators to justice.
Calling for their arrests, he called for the help of Nigerians saying “Those who know should point at specific people who did this.”
Buhari also expressed his regime’s unwavering commitment to peace and stability in the southeast and the entire country, saying that the reports of killings anywhere were sad and unwelcome.
He offered his condolences to the families of the law enforcement agents murdered and to the government and people of Niger Republic whose citizens were cruelly beheaded by the beastly attackers.
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