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<\/p>\nAREWA.Ng earlier reported that about 17 were killed on Saturday after bandits attacked Magami village in Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State.<\/p>\n
Buhari, reacting in a statement by his spokesman, Garba Shehu, condemned the killing, describing it as \u2018horrendous acts of violence.\u2019<\/p>\n
The president said he had authorised an assessment trip to Zamfara and Sokoto States by the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshall Abubakar Baba Sadiq, on Christmas and Boxing days, to states raided by armed bandits, including Zamfara, Sokoto, Kaduna, Niger and Taraba.<\/p>\n
The statement read, \u201cPresident Muhammadu Buhari has strongly condemned the killing of innocent Nigerians in Birnin Magaji community in Tsafe Local Government Area and Magami community in Faru District of Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State, following attacks by suspected armed bandits.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese horrendous acts of violence are crimes against humanity. This violence must stop,\u201d said the President.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile expressing his deepest condolences to the families of those killed in the attacks, the government and people of Zamfara State, the President also wished those injured a speedy recovery.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe President, who has authorized an assessment trip to Zamfara and Sokoto States by the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshall Abubakar Baba Sadiq on Christmas and Boxing days, reassured residents of States plagued by armed bandits, including Zamfara, Sokoto, Kaduna, Niger and Taraba, that their safety is an enduring commitment of his administration and he will continue to ensure that security agencies work round the clock to protect local populations.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo this end, a major operation by the Nigerian Armed Forces, Police, Department of State Services and the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, is being considered to restore peace and stability in the region.<\/p>\n
\u201cPresident Buhari conveyed his strong support to the Nigeria Police Force, which has already deployed Special Forces in each of the local government in Zamfara State and the Defence Headquarters\u2019 deployment of a Special Military Intervention Force comprising more than 1,000 personnel to respond to the security challenges in the North Central and North West.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese measures, among others, will be intensified to flush out the bandits from wherever they are.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe President commended Nigerians for their support to our security agencies who have continued to demonstrate dedication, commitment and bravery even in very difficult and complex operations.\u201d\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
President Muhammadu Buhari has reacted to the killing of about 17 Nigerians in Zamfara State. AREWA.Ng earlier reported that about 17 were killed on Saturday after bandits attacked Magami village in Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State. Buhari, reacting in a statement by his spokesman, Garba Shehu, condemned the killing, describing it as \u2018horrendous […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":60627,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3773,3],"tags":[9230,4866,6632,8808,271],"class_list":["post-72828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","category-news","tag-buhari-violence","tag-crime","tag-crises","tag-zamfar-attack","tag-zamfara"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=72828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72828\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/60627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=72828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=72828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=72828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}