In commemoration of the Eid-el-Kabir, PresidentMuhammadu Buhari yesterday paid a walking visit to internally displaced persons (IDPs) in eight local governments' areas of Katsina state who were displaced by armed banditry.
President Buhari,sympathized with the victims on Wednesday in Batsari Local Government Area of the state, opening that they deserve sympathy from the government and other well-meaning Nigerians.
The IDPs are drawn from Batsari, Safana, Danmusa, Kankara, Jibiya, Sabuwa, Faskari and Dandume local government areas of the state. In his words, “I am here to sympathize with the entire people of the state over the unfortunate incidents that have been claiming the lives of innocent people”
The president said the bandits that have been killing people should not claim to be true Muslims, noting that Islam did not give individuals the right to kill others without following due process in the court of law.
Buhari stressed that the federal and states government will do everything possible to eradicate all forms of insecurity in the nation as soldiers and police have been given all the necessary support by the government.
