BY MAYOWA SAMUEL
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed confidence that the bandits’ attack of the Nigeria Defence Academy, Tuesday would strengthen the resolve of the Nigerian Armed Forces in the fight against criminality.
The President’s position was contained in a State House press release issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adeshina, Wednesday.
The attack of the NDA which took place around 1am, saw the bandits kill two officers and whisked away one Major.
However, President Buhari in the statement said the attack, “rather than throw a dampener into the morale of our Armed Forces as it is intended to, will buoy their determination to make a decisive end of criminality in the country.
“Noting that the attack, which led to loss of lives, came at a time that the military had put insurgents, bandits, kidnappers, and other types of criminals on the retreat, the President says the heinous action would accelerate the total uprooting of evil in the polity, which members of the Armed Forces are solidly resolved to accomplish in the shortest possible time.”
President Buhari commiserated with the families who lost loved ones during the unfortunate incident.
He “vowed that the deceased would not die in vain, as the degenerate act would have consequences that will eventually clean the country of vermin, and emancipate the polity from deliberate, targeted and contrived atrocious acts.”
He urged Nigerians not to play hateful politics with the incident but “support and encourage those who are in the vanguard of the battle against wickedness in the land.”
