President Buhari issues fresh orders to armed forces

01 Dec President Buhari issues fresh orders to armed forces

President Buhari has again given the marching orders to the nation’s armed forces to go after the insurgents on a continuous basis.

This was contained in a message of condolences and solidarity he sent on Monday to the government and people of Borno State following the recent Boko Haram killing of 43 farm workers.

The President committed himself to making more resources available to the military to prosecute the war, adding that he will “work closely with neighbouring countries on bilateral and multilateral levels to ensure that there is no hiding place for the terrorists.

Buhari said: “Nothing is more important than ensuring the security of lives and property of the people. Everything is secondary when security is at a stake.

“As we mourn the loss of our sons in Zabarmari, the Armed Forces have been given the marching order to take the fight to the insurgents, not on a one-off, but on a continuous basis until we root out the terrorists.”

According to a statement issued by Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media & Publicity), a team of high-level officials representing the Executive and Legislative arms of government was in Maiduguri on Monday to deliver a message of condolence.

Senate President, Ahmed Lawan spoke for the team and the Chief of Staff, Professor Ibrahim Gambari representing President Buhari presented a joint message, on behalf of the President, the government and people of Nigeria to the Governor, the Shehu of Borno, and the bereaved Zabarmari community, describing the massacre of the farmworkers as the worst form of “senseless, barbaric and gruesome murder.”

The statement said that in his response, Governor Zulum thanked the President for “ensuring relative peace since his assumption of office,” stating clearly that the situation is much better than he met it.