President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed security agencies to reinforce deployments in Kwara State and intensify the manhunt for the bandits who attacked worshippers at the Christ Apostolic Church in Eruku.
Announcing the postponement of the President’s scheduled trips to Johannesburg for the G20 Summit and to Luanda for the 7th AU–EU Summit, the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga, said President Tinubu delayed his departure to receive further security briefings on the kidnapped Kebbi schoolgirls and the attack on worshippers at the Christ Apostolic Church in Eruku, Kwara State.
Onanuga noted that the President, deeply disturbed by the security breaches in Kebbi State and Monday’s bandit attack on worshippers at the Christ Apostolic Church in Eruku, decided to suspend his planned departure.
“He now awaits reports from Vice President Kashim Shettima, who paid a sympathy visit to Kebbi on his behalf, as well as reports from the police and the Department of State Services regarding the attack in Kwara.
“In response to the request by the governor of Kwara State, President Tinubu ordered the deployment of more security men to Eruku and the entire Ekiti Local Government Area of the state, and directed the police to go after the bandits who attacked worshippers,” he said
President Tinubu was scheduled to leave Abuja today, Wednesday to attend the 20th G20 Summit of leaders in South Africa and thereafter proceed to Luanda to attend the 7th AU-EU Summit.
The President reiterated his directive to the security agencies to do everything possible to rescue the 24 schoolgirls, abducted by the bandits and bring the girls back home, safe.
Olusola Akintonde