President Bola Tinubu says perpetrators of the recent killings in Kwara state will not go scot free.
Tinubu spoke on Thursday when Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq,
governor of Kwara, visited the State House in Abuja to discuss the violent
attacks in Kaiama LGA of Kwara state.
On Wednesday, at least 75 residents were killed, with
several houses set ablaze, when terrorists attacked the Nuku and Woro
communities in the LGA.
Abdulrazaq had attributed the violent attacks to Islamic
fundamentalists.
Tinubu subsequently ordered the deployment of an army
battalion in the LGA.
Reacting to the incident, Tinubu said it is “particularly
disturbing” that the victims were killed because they rejected “an attempt at
forced indoctrination”.
The president said the attackers are “heartless for choosing
soft targets in their doomed campaign of terror”.
“It is commendable that the community members, even though
Muslims, refused to be conscripted into a weird belief that promoted violence
over peace and dialogue. Nigeria will never surrender its people to extremism
and terrorism masquerading as faith,” the president said.
“I have further directed close collaboration between federal
and state agencies to provide immediate support and relief to the affected
community and to ensure that those responsible for this atrocity are pursued
and brought to justice, just like other terrorists before them.
“They will not go scot-free.
“I pray for the repose of the souls of the departed and
extend my deepest condolences to the families who have lost loved ones.
“I also sympathise with the people and government of Kwara
State.
“The federal government stands with you. We will protect our
communities, defend our values, and defeat those who seek to divide us through
terror.”
There have been a renewed spate of killings in some northern
Nigerian states in recent times.
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