President Muhammadu Buhari has
assured the government and people of Burkina Faso that Nigeria and the West
African sub-region would not abandon them to their fate.
His spoke in reaction to Islamist
militants’ killing killed 35 civilians, 31 of them women, in an attack on a
military base and a town in Burkina Faso.
Seven soldiers and 80 militants
were also killed as the army repelled Tuesday’s attack in Arbinda, in northern
Soum province.
President Roch Marc Christian
Kaboré had since declared two days of national mourning.
The president in a statement by
his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, in Abuja on
Thursday said ”the slaying of 31 women among the innocent victims was cowardly
and remains condemned by reasonable opinion all over the world.
He recalled his meeting last
weekend with the country’s President, Roch Marc Christian Kabore on the
sidelines of the ECOWAS meeting, where thet agreed to hold a summit in 2020 to
discuss the issues of security and economy.
“I look forward to that meeting.
As we have done all the time, we will stand with our brothers and sisters in
West Africa in all situations,” he said.
Buhari commended the Burkinabe
troops for repelling the deadly attack and prayed for the repose of the souls
of those killed.
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