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President Muhammadu Buhari has appealed to Nigerians not to let terrorists divide the country along religious lines.
This was contained in a statement signed by his Spokesman, Garba Shehu and made available on Friday.
This is following the execution of some Christians and Muslims by the
Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) during the week.
Buhari said, “I am profoundly saddened and shocked by the death of
innocent hostages in the hands of remorseless, godless, callous gangs of
mass murderers that have given Islam a bad name through their
atrocities
“We should, under no circumstance, let the terrorists divide us by
turning Christians against Muslims because these barbaric killers don’t
represent Islam and millions of other law-abiding Muslims around the
world.
“As a President, the collective security of all Nigerians is my major
preoccupation and the death of an innocent Christian or Muslim
distresses me.’’
The President said the terrorists have no clearly defined agenda except
the pursuit of evil through indiscriminate murder of innocent people,
contrary to the teachings of Islam, which prohibits massacre.
“No true Muslim would be shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ while killing innocent
people, an evil frequently condemned by the Holy Qur’an.’
“These agents of darkness are enemies of our common humanity and they
don’t spare any victim, whether they are Muslims or Christians, and
therefore, we shouldn’t let them divide us and turn us against one
another.
“The goal of these psychopaths is to cause confusion and spread distrust
between Muslims and Christians, despite the fact that they aren’t
representing the interest of Muslims or Islam.
“While I condemn this evil, I wish to reassure Nigerians that this
administration will not lower its guards in the war against terrorism,
and we will continue to intensify our efforts towards strengthening
international cooperation and collaboration to break the backbone of
these evil doers,’’ the President added.
President Buhari called on all Nigerians to be united against terrorists
and avoid unhelpful conspiracy theories that serve the interest of Boko
Haram terrorists and ISWAP.
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