By Abba Gwale
President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed that his government will protect all religious and ethnic groups, whether majority or minority in line with its responsibility under the constitution.
This is contained in a statement released on Sunday, 14 February 2021 by the Senior Special Assistant to the President in Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu.
In his reaction to the reports of breakout of violence in some parts of the country by some ethnic and sectional groups, President Buhari warned that the government will not allow any ethnic or religious group to stoke up hatred and violence against other groups.
Buhari condemned such violence and gave assurance that his government will act decisively to stop the spread of any such violence.
The President also appealed to religious and traditional leaders as well as all state governors and other elected leaders across the country to join hands with the Federal Government to ensure that communities in their domain are not splintered along ethnic and other primordial lines.
There has been repeated calls from different people across social media for the President to address the carnage going on, especially on the herders crisis stirring up ethnic tensions in the country.
