President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday condemned the latest massacre of 15 people in Goronyo and Illela Local Government Areas of Sokoto State.
Buhari warned that the “needless and mindless violence against innocent people cannot go unpunished.”
The President’s latest threat was contained in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, titled: President Buhari condemns the latest killing of 15 people by bandits in Sokoto State, sympathises with victims, urges security forces to redouble efforts.
On October 18, Buhari’s reaction to the killings of 43 people in Goronyo town of Sokoto in a raid on October 18 took a similar tone.
The latest killing coming barely one after, Buhari, who reacted from South Africa, warned that the “persistent and unprovoked violence against unarmed civilians must be met with a fierce response by the government.
“Let me once again, reassure Nigerians, that this regime will not abandon them to their fate in the face of this existential challenge caused by banditry. We are taking delivery of military equipment to improve the capacity of our security forces to effectively deal with this issue.
“Our military is also deploying advanced technology to enhance surveillance and related operations to locate and crush these criminals and enemies of our common humanity.”
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The President added that his administration will not tolerate this state of affairs where criminals deprive the people of their means of livelihood and turn them into beggars and refugees.
He said the bandits are living in a fool’s paradise if they believe that they cannot be crushed.
