Buhari condemns B’Haram, seeks global coalition against terrorists

President Muhammadu Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday condemned the latest attack by the Boko Haram sect which led to the death of about 150 persons in Kukawa, Borno State.

Buhari, in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, described the killings as most inhuman and barbaric.

He therefore urged Muslims to reject the sect’s claim to be acting in the name of Islam.

The President urged them to tell the terrorists to stop the abasement of their religion.

The statement read, “President Buhari considers the murder by the terrorists of up to 150 innocent men, women and children in Kukawa a very heinous atrocity, which must be unreservedly condemned by all people of conscience.

“The President believes that these last desperate acts of fleeing agents of terrorism underscore the urgent need to bring to early fruition the efforts of his government to form a more effective international coalition against insurgency and terrorism in Nigeria and neighbouring countries.”

Meanwhile, the President reiterated his position that concerted global action was needed to overcome terrorism in all parts of the world.

In a condolence message to the government and people of Egypt on the recent killing of the country’s Attorney-General, Hesham Barakat, and about 70 Egyptian soldiers in the Sinai Peninsula by terrorists, Buhari called on the international community to forge a stronger consensus for more effective action against global terrorism.

The message also made available to journalists in Abuja by Shehu, said, “Having borne the pain of terrorist attacks themselves for many years, Nigerians share the anguish of Egyptians as they mourn their compatriots who lost their lives in Cairo and the Sinai Peninsula.

“President Buhari reaffirms Nigeria’s commitment to working with other countries facing terrorists’ threats to overcome the scourge of violent extremism.

“No country can afford to be indifferent to the threats of terrorism because of its pervasive and destructive nature.”