President Muhammadu Buhari has reacted to the spate of
killings in the country, particularly the rise in ritual murders and deadly
attacks against on-duty policemen and ethnic minorities.
He has also condemned, the latest incidents which occurred
in Enugu, Imo, Abia, Zamfara and Ogun States.
The president described the incidents of ritual murders,
hate crimes and killing of law enforcement officers as aberrations.
While expressing the sympathy of the nation to families of
all the victims, Buhari said law enforcement agencies, state governments, local
authorities, community and religious leaders must rise against it by taking all
lawful actions to prevent further incidents of such nature and put in place
measures against the normalization of the primitive acts, hate crimes and acts
of terror.
“I condemn these dastardly acts of violence and pray for the
souls of the departed,” said the President, adding that the courts of the land
must apply “the strictest of punishment under our laws to the perpetrators of
these horrific crimes.”
He said that killings in the name of rituals, political
agitation and tribal hatred are not in keeping with the tenets of our religions
and of the civilized and enlightened cultures we are all claiming to be, adding
that “no person has the right to take the law in his or her own hands.”
The President also emphasized the need for all Nigerians to
be their brother’s keeper and should see an attack, be it verbal or physical on
anyone, as an attack on the very essence that keeps us as a nation.
Meanwhile, President Buhari has commended the government of
Abia State for the actions it has so far taken on the incident a few days ago
against traders at the New Cattle Market, in Ukwa Local Government Area of the
state and appealed for calm.
He equally expressed sympathies to the families of those
killed and those who suffered loss of property following the attacks.
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