Celebrities have taken turned to relate to the news, hence, airing their shock and disappointment towards the deteriorating state of the country’s security system.
In an interview with Channels TV, the presidential spokesperson, Garba Shehu has reacted to this development saying the presidency expects the military to thoroughly investigate and disclose what happened.
The presidential aide who referred to incident as “sad and unfortunate”, noted that many scenarios are being painted on the circumstances that led to the incident.
He stressed that the incident might be designed by those who want to embarrass this current administration, in the wake of the “major successes” achieved by the military in the fight against insurgency and banditry.
His words were; “The president has denounced it. He is not happy about it. It is now left for the military authorities to thoroughly investigate this and bring out what happened,” he said.
“So many scenarios are being painted though. Could this be truly a criminal attempt to violate the sanctity of that military institution? Was this an opportunistic crime? Is it political? Does somebody want to embarrass the government by doing this?
“We are coming from major successes. Look at how Boko Haram is unravelling in the north; they surrendered. All of the victories that have been recorded even in the north-west — these bandits are being taken out in large numbers.
“So, in a climate — political climate — in which people seek to make political capital out of this unfortunate incident, you don’t rule in anything, you don’t rule out anything.
“We hope investigations will fully reveal what happened and why it happened.”
Recall that one of the Military officers killed was Major Christopher Datong who was initially abducted but later found dead, leaving behind his pregnant wife.
Source: The VoiceNews