By our reporter| President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday ordered the Armed Forces to take the fight to the insurgents on a continuous basis until the terrorists are rooted out.
President Buhari announced the move in a message delivered on his behalf by a delegation sent to Borno State, following the Boko Haram killing of rice farmers in Zabarmari village.
The delegation sent to Maiduguri to deliver a message of condolence and solidarity with the government and people of Borno State comprised a team of high-level officials representing the executive and legislative arms of government.
The Senate President, Dr Ahmed Lawan spoke for the team and the Chief of Staff, Professor Ibrahim Gambari representing President Muhammadu 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.
The President said that he had committed himself to making more resources available to the military to prosecute the war.
He promised to “work closely with neighbouring countries on bilateral and multilateral levels to ensure that there is no hiding place for the terrorists.
“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,” said the President in a statement issued by his spokesman, Garba Shehu.
The President described the massacre of the farm workers as the worst form of “senseless, barbaric and gruesome murder.”
Buhari, who voiced the condolences of the government and people of Nigeria, gave assurances of his continuous commitment to fighting insurgency and all forms of insecurity in Borno State and all over Nigeria.
He lauded Governor Babagana Zulum for his leadership in running the affairs of the state.
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