President Bola Tinubu has ordered the deployment of an army battalion to Kaiama local government area of Kwara State, where Boko Haram terrorists overnight killed hapless villagers in Worro.
President Tinubu said the new military command will spearhead Operation Savannah Shield to checkmate the barbaric terrorists and protect defenceless communities.
The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga, made this known in a press statement.
He said Tinubu condemned the cowardly and beastly attack and described the gunmen as heartless for choosing soft targets in their doomed campaign of terror.
President Tinubu expressed rage that the attackers killed the community members who rejected their obnoxious attempt at indoctrination, choosing instead to practice Islam that is neither extreme nor violent.
“It’s commendable that the community members, even though Muslims, refused to be conscripted into a weird belief that promoted violence over peace and dialogue,” he said.
The president urged collaboration between federal and state agencies to provide succour to members of the community and ensure those who committed the atrocities do not go scot-free.
President Tinubu prayed for the repose of the soul of the deceased and condoled with those who lost family members.
He also commiserated with the people and government of Kwara State.
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