Tinubu orders Army to Kaiama, death toll rises after burial of 75 victims

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President Bola Tinubu has ordered the deployment of an army battalion to Kaiama Local Government, Kwara State, where terrorists overnight killed over 75 villagers in Worro area of the State.

The President, according to a statement by his spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, said the new military command will spearhead Operation Savannah Shield to checkmate the barbaric terrorists and protect defenceless communities.

He condemned the cowardly and beastly attack and described the gunmen as heartless for choosing soft targets in their doomed campaign of terror.

President Tinubu expressed rage that the attackers killed the community members who rejected their obnoxious attempt at indoctrination, choosing instead to practice Islam that is neither extreme nor violent.

“It’s commendable that the community members, even though Muslims, refused to be conscripted into a weird belief that promoted violence over peace and dialogue,” he said.

The President urged collaboration between federal and state agencies to provide succour to members of the community and ensure those who committed the atrocities do not go scot-free.

President Tinubu prayed for the repose of the soul of the deceased and condoled with those who lost family members.

He also condoled with the people and the government of Kwara State where 75 victims of the attack had been given a mass burial.

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