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The Presidency has reacted to a trending video on social media showing the remaining Kaduuna train passengers in captivity being beaten by terrorists saying the military has the wherewithal to bomb the location but was only concerned about the attendant civilian casualty.
In a release issued by presidential spokesman, Mallam Garba Shehu, on Sunday the Presidency averred that the dilemmas in dealing with the specific case of train terrorists are manifold.
According to it, punitive action like the popular call for carpet bombing of the known locations may assuage the desire of an angry public for revenge, but what about the hostages? They have committed no offence. All they did was to board a train.
While stressing that President Muhammadu Buhari has provided necessary moral and financial backing to the security agencies, it added that the Presidency expected positive result on the issues at stake.
“The Presidency, in the meantime, wishes to reassure the public that the President has done all, and even more than what is expected of him as Commander-in-Chief by way of morale, material and equipment support to the military and expects nothing short of good results in the immediate”.
