THE Presidency, Sunday, said that the country’s security and defense Agencies are set to deal with the terrorists anywhere they are.
The Presidency also explained that the difficulty the security forces are facing in bombing the location of the terrorist of Abuja-Kaduna train kidnap was the damage it may cause the innocent people and the consequence such action may generate.
The presidency statement came on the heels of the threat by terrorists to kidnap President Muhammadu Buhari and the Kaduna State governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai.
In a statement titled, “Lattest version of terror propaganda and military readiness”, brought out by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, the presidency called on the media not to give much publicity to terror gatherings.
The statement read: “Terrorist activity using propaganda and the use of violence to force governments to take or submit to political demands is not new to the world.
“The country’s security and defense forces are helpful. They have their plans and ways of doing things which they will not display in the public.
The dilemmas in dealing with the specific case of train terrorists are manifold: punitive action like the popular call for carpet bombing of the known locations may assuage the desire of an angry public for revenge, but what about the hostages?
“They have committed no offense. All they did was to board a train.
“It suffices to say that the security forces are not relenting. They are acutely aware of their duties, responsibilities and what the nation expects of them. Whenever they embark upon those actions, they expect that the public should give them with the needed support.
“To help the nation against ongoing situation, the public must increase their support for the fight against the exploitation of the internet and social media for terrorist purposes.
“The Presidency, in the meantime wishes to reassure the public that the President has performed excellently even more than what is expected of him as Commander-in-Chief by way of morale, material and equipment support to the military and expects nothing short of good results in the immediate.”
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