Boys Brigade crisis: Buhari mourns as Gombe holds funerals
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed deep sorrow over the death of members of the Boys and Girls Brigade in Gombe State.
Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, in a statement in Abuja on Saturday night, said Buhari made his feelings known in a message to the families and friends of the victims during their funeral on Saturday. DAILY POST recalls that nine of the youths buried on Saturday were killed following a dispute between members of the brigade and a security operative while on Easter procession.
Reacting, Buhari said that his heart was filled with pain over what the families of the victims were facing as they buried the promising youngsters. He, however, urged them to be consoled by the fact that the “entire nation is with you as you experience this sad, indescribable loss.Shehu also quoted Buhari as expressing shock over the reported tensions in the state capital which had led to the imposition of a curfew by the local authorities.
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