President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the suicide bombing
in Madinah, which occurred on Monday in Islam's second holiest city.
Condoling with Saudi authorities over the reprehensible
attack, President Buhari says the development was a desecration of all that was
sacred and holy, as it took place near the Prophet's Mosque, and on one of the
holy days of Ramadan.
"The merchants of evil have once again shown that there
is nothing religious in their mindless acts, by striking near the Prophet's
Mosque. It validates the claim that terrorism really has nothing to do with
Islam. Purveyors of terror are simply agents of the devil," President Buhari
said.
“The fact that the Madinah bombing came the same day as a
suicide bomber struck near the US Consulate in Jeddah, also in Saudi Arabia,
shows that it was an orchestrated plan to foul up the Eid-el-Fitr celebration,”
President Buhari asserted.
He urges nations to remain vigilant, "so that we can
collectively beat the forces of darkness on the prowl round the globe."
President Buhari stresses that terrorism no longer respects
international boundaries, and charges humanity to rise as one body "to
excise this vermin from our body polity, and assert our liberty from those who
pander to base and vicious instincts."
"With our collective resolve, we shall beat terrorism.
Around the world and around the clock, let us be alert. And we would remain
free and safe," the President said.
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