KILLING OF NIGERIANS: MOFA Summons Burkina Fasso Envoy Over the brutal killing of Nigeria’s pilgrims to Kolak Senegal
Oru Leonard
The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ambassador Zubairu Dada has yesterday summoned in his office, the Burkina Fasso Envoy to Nigeria over the gruesome murder of 16 Nigerians intending Pilgrims to Kaolak, Senegal over a month ago.
Ambassador Dada while speaking with the Envoy said he was called to explain in detail what really happened when these 16 Nigerians were brutaly killed alledgely by some members of Burkinabe Military.
He said Nigerians were agitated by the incident and are calling for a faster and comprehensive response from the Government of Burkina Fasso.
The Minister expressed dismay over what he described as unnecessary delay to find out the truth about the ugly incident.
He said families of the victims are asking questions and therefore the need to hasten the investigation already started by the Burkinabe government.
Ambassador Dada added that Nigeria will not fold its arms and see its citizens being killed or violated any where in World.
The Charge D’ Affairs of the Burkina Fasso embassy in Nigeria, Mr. Passida Pascal Gouba who first commiserated with the families of the victims as well as the government and the people of Nigeria over what he described as unfortunate incident said they understood the pains that the families of the deceased were going through.
He said investigation has already commenced to fish out the actual perpetrators of the killing by the Burkinabe Government and that his country is ready to work with a team of experts from Nigeria to unravel what really happened.
Mr. Gouba while reiterating his country’s total commitment to the investigation, said preliminary results have shown that terrorists harboring the area were responsible for the killings as the area is a no go area for the both the Military and Civilians population due to the activities of insurgents.
Meanwhile, the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ambassador Zubairu Dada has met with the representative of Attijjaniyya Group led by the Secretary General of the Islamic Group, Mallam Muhammad Alkassim Yahya who briefed him further on the incident prior to meeting the Burkinabe Envoy.
