Buhari condemns latest Boko Haram Attacks

President Muhammadu Buhari has
condemned the latest terrorist attacks
on Borno and Yobe communities by the
Boko Haram bandits.
In a strongly worded statement issued
by his Senior Special Assistant on Media
and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, the
President said he was deeply touched by
the “mindless incidents of violence” on
innocent people during the month of
Ramadan.
According to President Buhari, the
terrorists are enemies of everybody,
and enemies of humanity everywhere.
He explained that no sane people who
believe in any god would be destroying
the lives of innocent people in cold
blood, adding that terrorists do not
represent any religion.
The President said that the pattern of
their indiscriminate violence against
innocent people shows that they
represent nothing else but anarchy and
devilry.
In what appears to be one of his
toughest expressions of outrage,
President Buhari reminded the Boko
Haram terrorists of his uncompromising
resolve to tackle them with all the
resources at the disposal of his
government.
“Make no mistake about it, this
government is ever determined to
discharge its fundamental duty of
protecting the lives of its citizens from
physical threats from any groups bent
on creating chaos, confusion, and on
destroying social and economic life of
the people”, he further warned.
President Buhari, who extended his
sympathy to the families of the victims,
reassured all Nigerians that his
government would never tolerate
terrorist blackmail, and that the
security forces would confront the
Boko Haram bandits to the last man.
He promised that the terrorists, whom
he described as “cowards who lack any
moral inhibition and any iota of
humanity to reason compassionately”,
would not find Nigeria a safe haven,
because they would be “hunted down
without mercy and compromise.”
He reassured Nigerians that security
would be tackled by his administration
with vigorous determination.
The President, however, advised
Nigerians to show more vigilance and be
alert to the presence of suspicious
people around them, adding that “the
terrorists are enemies of religion and
humanity.”
He explained that “no true believers in
any God would target worshippers, holy
places, or people who are fasting and
other innocent Nigerians.”
Five people were killed and 15 others
injured after two female suicide
bombers attacked a hospital in Molai
area of Maiduguri, the capital of Borno
State in northeastern Nigeria on
Saturday.
More than 100 people have reportedly
been killed in northeast Nigeria in the
past few weeks in a spate of bombings,
mostly in Maiduguri.