Buhari talks tough after terrorists kill 80 in Plateau

President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed that perpetrators of Plateau killings would not be allowed to escape justice or be forgiven.

Terrorists killed over 80 people in brutal attacks at Kanam and Wase communities in Plateau State on Sunday.

Gunmen on motorcycles attacked Kanam and Wase communities on Sunday and reportedly killed 80 persons, abducted 70 and razed 100 homes.

The victims of the attack have been given mass burial.

Buhari reacted to the development as full details emerge on the scale of the brutal terrorist attacks, describing the killings as heinous.

“They should not be spared or forgiven,” directed the President.

He ordered law enforcement agencies to work strenuously with the government of the state, to bring the situation under control and take steps to bring the culprits to justice quickly.

Buhari, in a statement issued by his spokesman, Garba Shehu, expressed condolences over the terrorist incident, saying that as a matter of priority, peace must return at all costs to the state and the entire country.

“I urge all our citizens, the people of Plateau State in particular to expose the perpetrators of such incidents, their sponsors and those who encourage such criminals who carry out these dastardly acts of murder, so that the law will take its course. They must not be forgiven,” the President said.