Buhari slams killings in Benue, Anambra

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President Buhari: slams violence and killings in Benue, Anambra

President Buhari: slams violence and killings in Benue, Anambra
President Buhari: slams violence and killings in Benue, Anambra

By Abankula

President Muhammadu Buhari has strongly condemned the killing of a total of 30 people, 11 in Gwer West LGA of Benue State and 19 in Anambra

He deplored the reprisals on innocent people by mobs that blocked roads to unleash terror and violence.

“I totally condemn this latest unprovoked violence and counter-attacks on innocent people that had nothing to do with the cause of the violence,” the President said about Gwer.

President Buhari also deplored the killing of 19 innocent people in Anambra State by mobs, saying that “in both cases innocent people were killed through no fault of theirs.”

“Violence on innocent people by anybody and any group is unacceptable and indefensible.

“Hate and bigotry have eaten so deeply and violate the sanctity of life. If we allow this culture of violence to go unchecked, such mobs would destroy law and order,” he said.

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The President urged leaders of ethnic and religious groups “to play their own roles constructively in controlling their followers or members, in order to support the government’s efforts for sustainable peace.”

President Buhari cautioned Nigerians against the “temptations of taking the law into their hands in the name of revenge because there are no winners in the cycle of violence, only losers.”

The President sent his commiserations to the families of the bereaved and the governments and people of Benue and Anambra States.

He also commended the police and other law enforcement agencies for their prompt response in averting the escalation of the violence.

He urged them to put in every effort to apprehend perpetrators of the heinous attacks.

*Statement

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