On Saturday, President Muhammadu Buhari condemned terrorist attacks in the South-East on non-indigenes and law enforcement officials, urging citizens to identify the perpetrators for prosecution.
The President was reacting to reports of the beheading of six Nigerien citizens and the brutal killing of some police officers on the job, according to a statement signed by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu.
He also urged community and religious leaders to speak out more strongly against the killings, to take a stand, and to defend the ethos of “our cultural and religious heritage.”
In the statement titled ‘President Buhari calls South-East killings sad and unwelcome,’ the Nigerian leader vowed that his regime will take all possible action in conducting a speedy investigation to bring the perpetrators to justice.
Calling for their arrests he called for the help of Nigerians saying “Those who know should point at specific people who did this.”
Buhari also expressed his regime’s unwavering commitment to peace and stability in the southeast and the entire country, saying that the reports of killings anywhere were sad and unwelcome.
He offered his condolences to the families of the law enforcement agents murdered and to the government and people of Niger Republic whose citizens were cruelly beheaded by the beastly attackers.