President Buhari strongly condemned the "unprovoked, cold-blooded killing of Sheikh Goni Aliami, a Yobe State-based Islamic Clerical cleric," by a callous soldier who had given him a lift. This was confirmed by the Police.

Two soldiers hacked the Muslim cleric to death after he offered a lift at Jajimaji (the headquarters of Karasuwa's local government council in Yobe state) on Saturday, August 20, 2018.

Reacting to the incident, President Buhari in a statement released by Garba Shehu, his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, said ;

"this barbaric murder of a compassionate man by a soldier he had assisted has no place in our training as soldiers, and it negates the entire ethos of military life which is anchored on discipline and respect for the sanctity of innocent lives."

''As the Commander-in-Chief, I am personally outraged by this criminal and wicked act by a law enforcement official trained to protect life.

By our training, we are guided by a code of conduct that frowns on this kind of reckless and criminal act. It is not in our character and training to put innocent citizens in harm's way. Of course, the action of this soldier is an isolated incident involving an individual, but it is capable of staining the collective image of our military.

This incident is capable of making our fellow citizens be fearful of assisting soldiers, thereby destroying the bond of trust between our military and the civilians.

I call on the military authorities to punish the perpetrators of this heinous crime without delay, and flush out other elements with such criminal tendencies," President Buhari said

The President condoled with Yobe State Government, the people of the State, and the family of the victim of this tragedy.

Always in the business of condemning acts of insecurity, and never doing anything to bring those involved to justice.

Wait a minute,
I thought they said he was murdered by unknown gun men so how come they now involve soldiers

Wait a minute,
I thought they said he was murdered by unknown gun men so how come they now involve soldiers