President Muhammadu Buhari says
he will do his best to ensure that Nigerians live in peace.
Garba Shehu, presidential
spokesman, quoted Buhari as saying this when he had iftar (breaking of fast)
with Abdulaziz Yari, governor of Zamfara state, in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, on
Sunday.
Garba Tambari, emir of Maradun
local government in Zamfara, was also present at the iftar.
Buhari left Nigeria to observe
umrah (lesser hajj) in Saudi on Thursday. He is expected back in the country on
Tuesday.
According to Shehu, the president
expressed sadness over the loss of lives and destruction of property in Zamfara.
Zamfara has suffered a series of
attacks by bandits.
On Tuesday, unknown gunmen
abducted seven people, including a 3-month-old baby at Kanoma village in Maru
local government area of the state.
The attack occurred days after
not less than 50 people were reportedly killed in four communities in the
state.
Shehu quoted the president as
expressing determination to “ensure that justice prevails and Nigerians find
peace and prosperity wherever they lived”.
The federal government had banned
mining activities in Zamfara in a bid to curtail the attacks by bandits.
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