President Muhammadu Buhari has landed in Maiduguri, Borno state capital, from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to sympathise with the government and people following the recent attack by Boko Haram terrorists that left 30 dead.
Buhari left Abuja last Friday to attend the Thirty-third (33rd) Ordinary Session of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU) in Addis Ababa.
President @MBuhari arrives Maiduguri, Borno state from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to sympathise with victims of Borno Boko Haram attacks in Auno along Maiduguri Damaturu road last Sunday that left 30 dead. #Nigeria pic.twitter.com/zHyswLz1tn
— Chronicle NG (@chronicle_ng) February 12, 2020
He was scheduled to return today. According to a tweet by his media aide, Garba Shehu, the president is “paying a sympathy visit to the government and people of Borno following the recent horrific incident in which Boko Haram terrorists killed several travellers”
Buhari who also condoled with the government of the state, warned “that terrorists are clearly on a back foot and their days are numbered”.
“As our armed forces continue to receive more hardware and intelligence to counter our current security challenges, the remnants of Boko Haram will ultimately be crushed.
The peculiar challenges of asymmetric warfare notwithstanding, our armed forces are ever determined to defeat these enemies of humanity,” Buhari said.
Boko Haram insurgents on Sunday night killed 30 passengers from dozens of travellers that were forced to pass the night in Auno, a community 25 kilometres away from Maiduguri.
Some of the victims, including a mother and an infant, were reportedly burnt beyond recognition by a fire from a petrol tanker set ablaze by the terrorists.
