Buhari: Attack on NDA won’t Deter Armed Forces’ Resolve to End Criminality

Deji Elumoye

President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that Tuesday’s attack on the facility of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) rather than demoralising the nation’s Armed Forces as it is intended to, will strengthen their determination to make a decisive end to criminality in the country.

The president, in a release issued Wednesday by his Media Adviser, Femi Adesina, noted 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.

According to him, 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.

While commiserating with the families that lost their loved ones and praying God to comfort them, President Buhari 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 also thanked all Nigerians who value and appreciate the efforts of the military, and urged those playing hateful politics with the dastardly act to desist, noting that rather than recriminations, this is the time for all patriots and people of goodwill to support and encourage those who are in the vanguard of the battle against wickedness in the land.