The CNPP’s Secretary General, Chief Willy Ezugwu, made the group’s position known in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday while reacting to CNN’s investigative report that indicted the Nigerian Army in the Lekki Massacre.
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Lt .Gen. Yusuf Buratai, Chief of Army Staff on Monday, reiterated the commitment of the Nigeria Army to rid the country of remnants of unrepentant terrorists.
Governor Abdulazeez Yari, the Chairman of the forum who led the delegation to observed prayer session for the reposed of the soul of the deceased, described the death as a great loss to all Nigerians.
Speaking during the visit, Idris described her death as “a big loss, not only to Buhari, her immediate family, Katsina state but to Nigeria as whole’’.
In a statement through his Twitter handle on Saturday, Atiku, a chieftain of Peoples Democratic Party, also commiserated with the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai over the demise of his father and World War II Veteran, Malam Yusuf Buratai.
The senate president described the late Buratai as “a true Nigerian who contributed immensely to the development of his country during his lifetime and left behind a legacy of selfless service, discipline and hard work”.
War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.
Buhari’s condolence message is contained in a statement issued by Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, in Abuja on Friday.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the remains of Buratai were buried at the Gwange cemetery in Maiduguri.
Brig.-Gen. Sani Kukasheka, the Director, Army Public Relations, confirmed the death in a statement issued on Friday in Maiduguri.
Kenneth Dika, a DSP from Force Headquarters, and Martin Leo, an ASP from the Kaduna State Police Command, presented the submission of the police during the public hearing