Global action needed to defeat terrorists - Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday reiterated his position that concerted global action was needed to overcome terrorism in all parts of the world.

Buhari said this in a a condolence message to the government and people of Egypt on the recent murder by terrorists of the country’s Attorney-General, Hesham Barakat, and the killing of about 70 Egyptian soldiers in the Sinai Peninsula.



The message was made available to journalists in Abuja by the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu.

Buhari called on the international community to unite and forge a stronger worldwide consensus for more effective action against global terrorism.

The President said having borne the pain of terrorist attacks themselves for many years, Nigerians shared the anguish of Egyptians as they mourn their compatriots who lost their lives in Cairo and the Sinai Peninsula.

The statement read in part, “While condoling the government of Egypt and the families of the victims, President Buhari reaffirmed Nigeria’s commitment to working with other countries facing terrorists’ threats to overcome the scourge of violent extremism.

“No country, the President added, can afford to be indifferent to the threats of terrorism because of its pervasive and destructive nature.”