- Safiu Kehinde
Nigerian President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has vowed to bring killers of Yobe villagers to justice.
This was disclosed in a statement signed by the Special Adviser to the President, Ajuri Ngelale, and issued today.
As contaned in the statement made available to NPO Reports, Tinubu expressed his condolences to the families of the victims who lost their lives during the attack on Mafa village at Tarmuwa local govenment area of Yobe state.
The president promised to bring the perpetrators to book as he condemned the attack.
The statement read in part, “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu commiserates with the government and the people of Yobe over the tragic loss of lives at Mafa in Tarmuwa Local Government Area of the state.
“President Tinubu also extends his condolences to bereaved families, and condemns the killings as an atrocious and cowardly act of terror by a degraded group of criminals.
“The President prays for the repose of the souls of the deceased, speedy recovery for the wounded, and assures the people of Yobe State that the perpetrators of this sinister act will have an inevitable encounter with justice.”
Mafa village was, on Sunday, thrown into mourning following attack by alleged Boko Haram insurgents which left over 34 villagers dead.