Bolaji Ogundele, Abuja
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered security agencies to crack down on the marauding bandits who killed 47 persons in three council areas of home state, Kastsina.
The President, who condemned the wanting killings and destruction, however assured Nigerians that the administration would ensure to crush all criminal elements who had planned on taking advantage of the lockdown to inflict more pains on Nigerians.
President Buhari, in a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, who expressed sympathies with those who had lost loved ones and valuables to the bandits, however charged them to report suspected criminals to law enforcement agents.
“President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the latest attacks by bandits in Katsina State in three local government areas that left 47 persons dead.
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“Reacting to the incident on Sunday, the President said that he is deeply saddened by the latest development, and called on Nigerians not to despair because this administration is ever determined to defeat and crush these criminal elements taking advantage of the lockdown to attack their victims.
“President Buhari said he will not tolerate this large scale killing of innocent people by the bandits, adding that ‘in line with my commitment to security of the people, these attacks will be met with decisive force’.
“The President directed the security agencies not to rest on their oars or lower their guard which will create a vacuum for the bandits to strike.
“While extending his sympathies to the families of the victims, he called on the people to show more vigilance by reporting the activities of criminal elements in their midst”, the statement said.
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