President Buhari condemns murder of Yobe cleric

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday condemned the homicide of Yobe State-based Islamic cleric, Goni Aisami.

The police stated a soldier, John Gabriel, whom the cleric provided a elevate, has confessed to the murder to steal his car.

Mr Gabrial and an confederate, Adamu Gideon, are being investigated for armed theft and murder.

In a press release by his media aide, Garba Shehu, Mr Buhari stated such a prison act is unbecoming of a soldier and negates the ethos of the navy. He, thus, requested the navy management to flush out dangerous troopers inside its rank.

“This barbaric homicide of a compassionate man by a soldier he had assisted has no place in our coaching as troopers, and it negates all the ethos of navy life which is anchored on self-discipline and respect for the sanctity of harmless lives.”

“Because the Commander-in-Chief, I’m personally outraged by this prison and depraved act by a legislation enforcement official educated to guard life.

“By our coaching, we’re guided by a code of conduct that frowns on this type of reckless and prison act. It isn’t in our character and coaching to place harmless residents in hurt’s method. In fact, the motion of this soldier is an remoted incident involving a person, however it’s able to staining the collective picture of our navy.”

“This incident is able to making our fellow residents afraid of aiding troopers, thereby destroying the bond of belief between our navy and the civilians.

“I name on the navy authorities to punish the perpetrators of this heinous crime immediately, and flush out different parts with such prison tendencies,” Mr Buhari added.

The president commiserated with the Yobe State Authorities, the folks of the State and the household of the sufferer for the dying of the favored cleric.