President Muhammadu Buhari has strongly condemned what he
calls “the unprovoked and cold-blooded murder of a Yobe State-based Islamic
cleric Sheikh Goni Aisami, by a callous soldier he had offered a lift as
confirmed by the Police.”
Reacting to the incident on Tuesday, Buhari, in a statement
by Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and
Publicity, said that “this barbaric murder of a compassionate man by a soldier
he had assisted has no place in our training as soldiers, and it negates the
entire ethos of military life which is anchored on discipline and respect for
the sanctity of innocent lives.”
According to Buhari, “as the Commander-in-Chief, I am
personally outraged by this criminal and wicked act by a law enforcement
official trained to protect life.
“By our training, we are guided by a code of conduct that
frowns on this kind of reckless and criminal act. It is not in our character
and training to put innocent citizens in harm’s way. Of course, the action of
this soldier is an isolated incident involving an individual, but it is capable
of staining the collective image of our military.”
“This incident is capable of making our fellow citizens
fearful of assisting soldiers, thereby destroying the bond of trust between our
military and the civilians.
“I call on the military authorities to punish the
perpetrators of this heinous crime without delay, and flush out other elements
with such criminal tendencies,” Buhari added.
Buhari condoled with the Yobe State Government, people of
the State and family of the victim of this tragedy.
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