Bolaji Ogundele, Abuja
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Saturday, condemned the series of attacks and killings in some Benue communities, tasking security agencies to go after and bring perpetrators to face the law.
Buhari was reacting to the recent violent attack by armed criminals on Umogidi community, Entekpa-Adoka in Otukpo council area where not less than 46 persons were reported killed on Wednesday night.
The Nation gathered that Wednesday’s attack came less than 24 hours after a similar attack left three persons dead.
In a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, the President urged that all efforts be made to end the “extreme violence.”
He condemned the use of terrorism as a tool in inter communal conflicts, urging that the attackers be found and dealt with swiftly under the law.
He conveyed his grief and sympathy to the families of those who lost their lives due to the attack and directed the secret services, police and military commanders to enhance surveillance on every front and to immediately review the security management in the affected areas.
“Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of those murdered. The entire nation stands united in the fight against the forces of terror and evil,” the President said.
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