President Tinubu To Security Agencies: Fish Out Killers Of Soldiers In Aba

…Says, their action is a treasonable offence

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed security agencies in the country to fish out the masterminds and perpetrators of the Aba attack on soldiers as well as those calling on people to stay at home, stressing that their action is nothing but a treasonable offence.

This was as the President vowed that the federal government will come down heavily against those who have made it a habit to needlessly attack the officers and men of our armed forces.

He declared that on no account should anyone, under any guise, have the audacity to kill agents of state, saying; “I want to make it clear that the government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the armed forces have the capacity to crush violent non-state actors, making our communities unsafe”.

President Tinubu, who stated these in a statement he personally signed on Saturday, June 1, 2024, while reacting to the disheartening news of the killing of five soldiers by suspected militants of the proscribed terrorist organization, IPOB, said that the unwarranted barbaric and evil acts stand condemned and should never be condoned and tolerated in our country.

In the words of President Tinubu; “Our soldiers and the police have the onerous duty to protect all of us from aggressors and non-state actors. Hundreds of them have paid the ultimate price in fulfilment of their duty, while some have experienced the indignity of being manhandled by the people they protect.

“They surely do not deserve the mindless attacks by unruly elements in our society. The fact that the security forces are exercising necessary restraints should not be mistaken for weakness.

“We are working to build a peaceful and harmonious society, but nobody should be under any illusion that the government will not act appropriately when the lives of our officers and men are wantonly taken,” he stressed.

The President said that the slain soldiers were on peacekeeping duty in Aba, Abia State on Thursday when they were murdered, just two months after a similar tragic incident happened in Okuama in Delta state.

While condoling the families of the five slain soldiers, their colleagues and the leadership of our armed forces, President Tinubu urged other men and women on peacekeeping duty not to be discouraged by the unfortunate incident in Aba.