President Muhammadu Buhari has promised that a speedy investigation into the attack against non-indigenes and law enforcement officials by terrorists in the South East will be carried out.
The investigation, according to a statement by a media aide to the president, Mallam Garba Shehu, would be with the aim of bringing the perpetrators to justice.
The president reiterated his condemnation of the attacks.
President Buhari’s reaction came amidst reports of the slaying of six Nigerien citizens and the brutal killing of a number of policemen at their duty posts.
He urged community and religious leaders to speak more forcefully against the killings, stand up and defend the ethos of our cultural and religious heritage.
“Those who know should point at specific people who did this,” he said.
He expressed his administration’s unwavering commitment to peace and stability in the southeast and the entire country, saying that the reports of killings anywhere were sad and unwelcome.
He offered his condolences to the families of the law enforcement agents murdered and to the government and people of Niger Republic whose citizens were cruelly beheaded by the beastly attackers.
