President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday, commiserated with the victims of Boko Haram ambush on the convoy of Babagaba Zulum, governor of Borno State along the Maiduguri-Baga road.
In a statement signed by by his spokesman, Garba Shehu, the President described the ambush as an orchestrated sabotage against the long-planned return of displaced persons to their local communities.
According to the statement, President Buhari also commended security forces for reppeling the insurgents during the attack.
The President, in commending the governor, also advised the government of Borno State, working with security and intelligence agencies, to remain firm in their determination to restore normalcy to all communities liberated from Boko Haram terrorists.
He also prayed that God will grant the souls of the departed security men and operatives of Civilian-JTF eternal rest, and comfort their families.
No less than 30 people mostly security agents, who were in the convoy of Borno State governor, Babagana Zulum, have now died after an attack by Boko Haram terrorists. Two sources told news men on Saturday that the number of fatalities from the attack on Friday had doubled as more bodies were found. The victims include 12 policemen, five soldiers, four members of a government-backed militia and nine civilians.
Friday’s attack which is the second on the governor’s convoy in less than two months, happened along the Baga Highway when the convoy was heading to Baga town ahead of the government’s planned return of internally displaced persons from Maiduguri.
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