President Muhammadu
Buhari on Friday condemned the latest attacks by the Boko Haram sect which led
to the death of about 150 persons in Kukawa, Borno State.
Buhari, in a statement
by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, described
the latest wave of killings by the sect as most inhuman and barbaric.
He therefore urged
Muslims to reject with one voice the sect’s claim to be acting in the name of
Islam.
The President urged
them to tell the terrorists to stop the abasement of their religion.
The statement read in
part, “President Buhari considers the murder by the terrorists of up to 150
innocent men, women and children in Kukawa a very heinous atrocity which must
be unreservedly condemned by all people of conscience.
“The President believes
that these last desperate acts of fleeing agents of terrorism underscore the
urgent need to bring to early fruition the efforts of his government to form a
more effective international coalition against insurgency and terrorism in
Nigeria and neighbouring countries.
“President Buhari urges
Muslims in Nigeria and across the world to reject with one voice the attackers
claim to be acting in the name of Islam, and tell the terrorists to stop the
abasement of their religion.
“The President conveys
his heart-felt condolences to families of the victims of Boko Haram’s dreadful
killings in Kukawa.”
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