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President Bola Tinubu says perpetrators of the recent killings in Kwara state will not go scot free.
Tinubu spoke on Thursday when Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, governor of Kwara, visited the State House in Abuja to discuss the violent attacks in Kaiama LGA of Kwara state.
On Wednesday, at least 75 residents were killed, with several houses set ablaze, when terrorists attacked the Nuku and Woro communities in the LGA.
Abdulrazaq had attributed the violent attacks to Islamic fundamentalists.
Tinubu subsequently ordered the deployment of an army battalion in the LGA.
Reacting to the incident, Tinubu said it is “particularly disturbing” that the victims were killed because they rejected “an attempt at forced indoctrination”.
The president said the attackers are “heartless for choosing soft targets in their doomed campaign of terror”.
“It is commendable that the community members, even though Muslims, refused to be conscripted into a weird belief that promoted violence over peace and dialogue. Nigeria will never surrender its people to extremism and terrorism masquerading as faith,” the president said.
“I have further directed close collaboration between federal and state agencies to provide immediate support and relief to the affected community and to ensure that those responsible for this atrocity are pursued and brought to justice, just like other terrorists before them.
“They will not go scot-free.
“I pray for the repose of the souls of the departed and extend my deepest condolences to the families who have lost loved ones.
“I also sympathise with the people and government of Kwara State.
“The federal government stands with you. We will protect our communities, defend our values, and defeat those who seek to divide us through terror.”
There have been a renewed spate of killings in some northern Nigerian states in recent times.
