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updated 10:20 AM UTC, Dec 13, 2023

Nigerians Angry, Flay APC Govt. As Buhari Condemns Killings In Zamfara State

Unic Press UK: In a press statement Friday, the Nigerian president’s Senior Special Assistant for Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said that President Buhari strongly condemns the killing by unknown gunmen of several innocents in Birane village, Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara State.

Excerpts from the press statement reads:

“President Muhammadu Buhari strongly condemns Thursday’s massacre of innocent persons in Birane village, Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara State. President Buhari directs the Minister of Defence, Brigadier-General Mansur Dan Ali (Rtd) to proceed immediately to the state to undertake an on-the-spot assessment of the situation and report back… he directs security agencies to immediately mobilize and deploy their members to the vulnerable areas of the state, and ensure that the perpetrators are brought to face the full wrath of the law. President Buhari restates his administration’s determination to put an end to the spate of senseless spilling of innocent blood in parts of the country, and calls for restraint to allow the nation’s security apparatus to stem the undesirable trend.”


Nigerians react, berate the APC-led government and President Buhari

In an article, ‘Yari indicts security agencies over Zamfara massacre’, The Nation Newspapers, Nigeria, wrote that the Zamfara State Governor, Abdulaziz Yari, blamed the security agencies for the attacks that killed many in Zamfara.

“On this particular incident, we had intelligence reports 24 hours before it happened that the bandits were grouping and ready to attack. I alerted the security agencies but unfortunately they sent inadequate personnel to confront these people from where they came from… it does appear that security agencies are failing in their responsibilities,” the governor said during a sympathy visit to the Palace of the Emir of Zurmi.

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