August 25, (THEWILL) – President Muhammadu Buhari has said that Tuesday’s attack on the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) would not dampen the morale of the Armed Forces but buoy them to end criminality in the country.
The President, in a statement issued on Wednesday by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, noted that the attack, which led to loss of lives, came when the military had put insurgents, bandits, kidnappers, and other criminals on the retreat.
Buhari added that 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.
He commiserated with the families of those who died during the incident, asking God to comfort them.
The President assured that the deceased would not die in vain, and added that 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 thanked Nigerians who appreciate the military’s efforts and urged those playing hateful politics with the dastardly act to desist from such.
According to him, rather than recriminations, this is the time for patriots and “people of goodwill to support and encourage those who are in the vanguard of the battle against wickedness in the land.”
