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President Bola Tinubu has ordered the deployment of an army battalion to Kaiama Local Government Area in Kwara State after a terrorist attack resulted in the killing of 75 people.
Dubbed Operation Savannah Shield, the operation seeks to restore security in the region amid escalating violence attributed to extremist groups.
Speaking in a statement issued on Wednesday night by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, President Tinubu called the attack cowardly and beastly.
Tinubu also described the terrorists as “heartless for choosing soft targets in their doomed campaign of terror.”
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“President Bola Tinubu has ordered the deployment of an army battalion to Kaiama Local Government, Kwara State, where Boko Haram terrorists overnight killed hapless villagers in Woro.
“President Tinubu said the new military command will spearhead Operation Savannah Shield to checkmate the barbaric terrorists and protect defenceless communities.
“He expressed rage that the attackers killed community members who rejected their obnoxious attempt at indoctrination, choosing instead to practice Islam that is neither extreme nor violent,” part of the statement reads.
While sending condolences to the bereaved families, the president prayed for the repose of the souls of the departed.
