President Muhammadu Buhari, Wednesday, strongly condemned Tuesday’s brutal attack by Boko Haram jihadists on Faduma Kolomdi village in Gubio local government area of Borno State that left 81 people dead, many wounded, and scores, including the village head, abducted.
The President urged the military not to allow the jihadists to reverse the gains made against Boko Haram in recent times but that they should pursue the terrorists to their hell holes and “extract a heavy price from the attackers, and bring back all those they kidnapped as well as the large number of cattle rustled.”
Below is the full text of the reaction by the Presidency:
PRESIDENT BUHARI CONDEMNS BOKO HARAM PRIMORDIAL KILLINGS, CHARGES MILITARY TO EXTRACT HEAVY PRICE FROM TERRORISTS
As news of one the most brutal terrorist attacks on innocent people emerged from the Northeast, President Muhammadu Buhari said he is deeply shocked by the brutal killing of tens of people by the Boko Haram/Islam in West Africa Province (ISWAP) in Gubio village, Borno State.
The President, who was expecting a detailed briefing by the Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum on the outcome of his visit to the affected communities, said the “primordial nature of the killings is particularly shocking because it happened not long after the Ramadhan and Eid, and the country is preparing to celebrate the Democracy Day.”
In condemning the incident, President Buhari charged the armed forces to sustain their recent string of successes against the terrorists to extract a heavy price from the attackers, and bring back all those they kidnapped as well as the large number of cattle rustled.
He also expressed the sincere condolences of the government and people of Nigeria to the bereaved families, communities and the government and people of Borno State.
Garba Shehu
Senior Special Assistant to the President
(Media & Publicity)
June 10, 2020