By Jeph Ajobaju, Chief Copy Editor
Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated his commitment to national security despite the breach of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) on Tuesday by Fulani terrorists he fails to prosecute and rather pampers to decimate with impunity villages and cities.
He said the killing of two officers and abduction of one “will [not] throw a dampener into the morale of our Armed Forces as it is intended to,” rather it “will buoy their determination to make a decisive end of criminality in the country.”
The attack came at a time when “the military had put insurgents, bandits, kidnappers, and other types of criminals on the retreat,” Buhari said in a statement issued through his Media Adviser Femi Adesina.
“The heinous action would accelerate the total uprooting of evil in the polity, which members of the Armed Forces are solidly resolved to accomplish in the shortest possible time,” he enthused.
He commiserated with the families who lost their loved ones, prayed God to comfort them, and vowed that the deceased would not die in vain.
“The degenerate act would have consequences that will eventually clean the country of vermin, and emancipate the polity from deliberate, targeted and contrived atrocious acts.”
Buhari said all Nigerians value and appreciate the efforts of the military and urged those playing hateful politics with the terrorist act to desist.
“Rather than recriminations, this is the time for all patriots and people of goodwill to support and encourage those who are in the vanguard of the battle against wickedness in the land.”