Buhari who mentioned this in a statement released by his aide, Garba Shehu, said he was deeply pained to learn about these gruesome deaths and expressed sincere condolences to the families of the victims.
Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, has mourned the loss of lives of two United States embassy officials and two Nigerian policemen accompanying them in an attack by gunmen in the Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State on Tuesday.
Buhari who mentioned this in a statement released by his aide, Garba Shehu, said he was deeply pained to learn about these gruesome deaths and expressed sincere condolences to the families of the victims.
He said, “I was very sad hearing about the killing of the embassy staff and our policemen accompanying them. In this difficult time for the families of those killed, the American Embassy and the Nigeria Police Force, NPF, I extend the nation’s condolences over the very sad incident.”
Recall that gunmen ambushed a diplomatic convoy carrying US Embassy personnel on a humanitarian mission to Anambra on Tuesday.
The gunmen killed four people, including two police officers, at the Amiyi-Eke Ochuche axis in the Ogbaru council area.
The bodies of the victims were set on fire by the attackers.
Shehu’s statement further described the killing of several persons in Bwoi District of Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State, as well that of several villagers in Adaka village in Makurdi Local Government and in Ijaha community of Apa Local Government Area of Benue State as tragic and revealed the president’s commitment to ensure the culprits were brought to book.
The statement continued: “We share the grief of the American Embassy, the Nigeria Police Force and our communities in Plateau and Benue and remain committed to fishing out the perpetrators of the attacks and bringing them to justice. May God give their families the strength to bear the unfortunate losses.”