President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in telephone conversation with Emir of Maradun in Zamfara, Alhaji Garba Tambari, expressed sadness over the loss of lives and destruction of property following the banditry attacks.
A statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Tuesday, made this known.
According to him, President Buhari said he was extremely saddened by the loss of lives and destruction of property following the attacks and urged the Emir to console his people, and citizens in the entire state over “these heart-wrenching tragedies.”
He reiterated his administration’s determination to do everything it could to secure the state and the nation in general, and bring such attacks to an end.
Recall that the President had, on Monday, expressed sorrow over the loss of lives following attacks on communities in Zamfara by bandits and cattle rustlers and assured that the Federal Government would do everything possible to end the attacks.
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He said that a major operation by the Nigerian Armed Forces, the Police, Department of State Services and the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, was being considered to restore peace and stability to affected areas.
In a related development, President Buhari has also called the leader of the Izala Muslim religious movement, Sheik Sani Yahaya Jingir in Jos, to condole him following the death, in a road accident in Jigawa, of a number of his followers.
He also sympathised with him on the kidnapping of his other followers in Zamfara.
The President gave assurances that the law enforcement agencies would make the best efforts to free the kidnapped followers of the Sheik
