Orlando gay club shooting: President Buhari reacts

– President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the deadly attack on Orlando gay nightclub on Sunday, June 11

– The president assured the governement of United States of Nigeri’s support and cooperation in the fight against terrorism

Femi Adesina, a special adviser to the president on media and publicity, has issued a statement, where President Muhammadu Buhari has denounced a mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida on Sunday, which has left 50 people dead.

In a letter to the Ambassador of the United States in Nigeria, James Entwistle, President Buhari has expressed sincerest sympathy to President Barack Obama and the people of United States of America.

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“President Buhari extends his most sincere condolences to the families, relatives and friends of the victims. The President condemns such criminal, cowardly attack, wherever it might occur, as an attack on all decent, democratic, peaceful people.

Every terrorist attack only strengthens Nigeria’s resolve to stand shoulder to shoulder with the United States and other countries in the frontline of the war on terror,” the letter, which was signed by the Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari reads in part.

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President Buhari also called “on all peace-loving nations to commit themselves whole-heartedly to multilateral cooperation and collaborative actions aimed at eradicating the scourge of international terrorism.”

Recall that Nigeria’s former president Goodluck Jonathan has come under harsh criticism for sympathizing with the people and government of the United States and Florida over a deadly attack.

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