President Muhammadu Buhari has again urged African countries to unite against terrorism, which has been plaguing the continent.
The President made this call on Sunday while reacting to a terrorist attack in Zaroumdareye, a border town between Niger Republic and Mali, in which about 70 persons were reportedly killed.
Condemning the attack and waste of innocent lives by the terrorists, President Buhari described terrorism on the continent as a contagion, which would keep spreading across the region, if no united action is not taken.
According to a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, the President said the Zaroumdareye incident is another clarion call for united action by African leaders against the menace.
President Buhari said: “I am profoundly shocked by the large-scale death of innocent people at the hands of these callous militants, who have no regard for the sanctity of human life.”
According to the President, “We are facing grave security challenges on account of the evil campaign of indiscriminate violence by terrorists in the Sahel and only united action can help us defeat these vicious enemies of humanity.”
