President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the wicked attack on a market in Zaki Biam by unknown gunmen and directed an immediate investigation with a view to bringing the perpetrators to book.
Unknown gunmen on Monday killed about 30 residents of Zaki Ibiam town in Ukum Local Government Area of the Benue State, around the yam market. Most of those killed were said to be traders and businessmen.
A statement by Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman on Tuesday in Abuja, said the President also condemned the wanton killings in other parts of the country and challenged security and law enforcement agencies to rise to the occasion and end this blight on the image of the country.
“We must condemn inhuman and unnecessary shedding of human blood all over the country. We seem to have lost value for human life, which is sacred. Man is the glory of God’s creation and nobody has the right to unjustly and unlawfully take another person’s life in a reckless manner,” President Buhari said.
President Buhari, who commiserated with the government and people of Benue State as well as those who lost loved ones, also prayed that Almighty God comfort the grieving families and grant the souls of the victims eternal rest.
He enjoined all citizens to learn to live together in peace and brotherliness and not allow little misunderstandings to degenerate into heartless acts capable of straining the bonds of nationhood.
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