Buhari presides over Federal Executive Council meeting; Sympathizes with Niger Republic over Tillaberi massacre
President Buhari presides over a virtual Federal Executive Council Meeting at the State House, Abuja. 17th March, 2021.
President Muhammadu Buhari has presided over a virtual meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday, March 17, 2021.
Meanwhile, the President has condemned the horrific attack on a convoy returning from a weekly market in Niger Republic’s Tillaberi region in which many citizens were killed, expressing his condolences to families of victims and all citizens of the neighbouring country.
President Buhari, in a statement by Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media & Publicity), strongly condemns the heinous attack, declaring that Nigeria will continue to stand by all its neighbours in the fight against terrorism.
President Buhari notes that the mass killings underscore the enormous security challenges facing Niger Republic as they prepare to inaugurate their new President, Mohamed Bazoum, and indeed the entire sub-Saharan region which needs to work more closely to end the scourge of terror.
Armed men in South-Western Niger intercepted a convoy returning from a weekly market and attacked a nearby village in the Tillaberi region, which is near the border with Mali and Burkina Faso.
