The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on
Monday, said he has directed the nation’s Armed Forces to take the
anti-terrorism fight to the insurgents.
According to a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on
Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, the President disclosed this in a message he
sent through his Chief of Staff, Ibrahim Gambari, to the Borno State governor,
Babagana Zulum; the Shehu of Borno and the Zabarmari community where 43 rice
farmers were killed by insurgents on Saturday.
The statement was titled, ‘High powered government
delegation visits Maiduguri, President Buhari vows to end terrorism’.
According to Shehu, the President, in his message, described
the massacre as “senseless, barbaric and gruesome murder.”
He further quoted Buhari as giving assurances of his
continuous commitment to fighting insurgency and all forms of insecurity in
Borno State and all over Nigeria.
He said Buhari committed himself to making more resources
available to the military to prosecute the war, adding that he will “work
closely with neighbouring countries on bilateral and multilateral levels to
ensure that there is no hiding place for the terrorists.”
According to the statement, the President said, “Nothing is
more important than ensuring the security of lives and property of the people.
Everything is secondary when security is at a stake.
“As we mourn the loss of our sons in Zabarmari, the Armed
Forces have been given the marching order to take the fight to the insurgents,
not on a one-off, but on a continuous basis until we root out the terrorists.”
The President also commended Zulum for his leadership in
running the affairs of the state.
The presidential aide said apart from the message from the
President, the President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan, spoke for the government
team to the state.
Zulum was also quoted as thanking the President for
“ensuring relative peace since his assumption of office,” stating that the
situation is better than he met it.
The statement added, “The governor presented a number of
requests on behalf of his people, including that the youth of the state should
be enlisted in military and paramilitary organisations to play their roles in
the defence of the nation.
“He called on the Federal Government to assist in the
repatriation of Borno indigenes in camps in neighbouring countries and
requested the National Assembly to tweak the draft budget now before them to allow
better allocation of resources for the North East sub-region, which he alleged
is being side-lined.
“At the palace of the Shehu of Borno, His Eminence Abubakar
Umar Ibn Garbai, the traditional ruler described as ‘madness,’ the gruesome
killings and urged his subjects to pray and offer useful information to the
security agencies.
“He thanked President Buhari for his efforts in returning
normalcy to the state.”
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We have heard @MBuhari make exact statement in the past. You cannot achieve success with the army the current leadership. Buratai is part of the problems. Is Buratai the only army general in the force?
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