President Buhari has finally broken his silence on the rising incidences of Fulani herdsmen attacking and killing farmers and other ru...
President Buhari has finally broken his silence on the rising incidences of Fulani herdsmen attacking and killing farmers and other rural dwellers along grazing paths in the Southern and Middle Belt parts of the country.
The President has condemned the most recent of these attacks - which was the attack on Ukpabu Nimbo community in Uzo-Uwani area of Enugu State on Monday. He has also ordered security chiefs to hunt down those who perpetrated this act.
The president's position was contained in an address delivered by the Minister of Information
and Culture, Alhaji Lai
Mohammed, on behalf of the President, at the public presentation of a book entitled “Who will love
my country: Ideas for building the Nigeria of our dream’’, written by
the Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, in Abuja on
Wednesday.
“Before making my remarks about the book, let me use this platform
to condemn, in the strongest possible terms, the attack perpetrated
on the Ukpabu Nimbo community in Uzo-Uwani area of Enugu State on
Monday. I deeply sympathise with all those who lost dear ones, as well
as those who lost their properties, in the attack.
“I have directed the Chief of Defence Staff and the
Inspector-General of Police to secure all communities under attacks by
herdsmen, and to go after all the groups terrorizing innocent people all
over the country. This government will not allow these attacks to
continue”, he stated.
