President Muhammadu Buhari has assured the government and people of Burkina Faso who suffered a deadly terrorist attack that claimed 35 citizens that their bothers in Nigeria and the West African subregion would not abandon them to their fate.
Speaking on the attack carried out on Tuesday in Arbinda, northern part of the country, the president said the slaying of 31 women among the innocent victims was cowardly, and remains condemned by reasonable opinion all over the world.
The president recalled his meeting last weekend with the country’s President, Roch Marc Christian Kabore, on the sidelines of the ECOWAS meeting, at which occasion both leaders agreed to hold a summit in the new year to discuss the issues of security and economy.
“I look forward to that meeting,” he said, assuring that “as we have done all the time, we will stand with our brothers and sisters in West Africa in all situations.”
The president commended the Burkinabe troops for repelling the deadly attack and prayed for the repose of the souls of those killed.
