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Attack on UN
Office:Jonathan
restates support
for global
anti-terror
initiatives
Newsdiaryonline
Fri Aug 26,2011
President
Goodluck
Jonathan
has
described the
attack on the
office of the
United Nations
in
Abuja
today as
'barbaric,
senseless and
cowardly.'The
president’s view
was made known
in a statement
Reuben
Abati ,his
spokesman.
"The President
believes that
the attack is a
most despicable
assault on the
United Nations'
objectives of
global peace and
security, and
the sanctity of
human life to
which Nigeria
wholly
subscribes,"
Abati said.
"The president
extends his
sincere
condolences to
the
Secretary-General
of the United
Nations, Ban Ki-Moon
and all members
of the United
Nations family
who have lost
loved ones in
the heinous
attack."
Continuing Abati
said, Jonathan
"reaffirms the
Federal
Government's
total commitment
to vigorously
combat the
incursion of all
forms of
terrorism into
Nigeria, and
wishes to
reassure all
Nigerians and
the
international
community that
his
Administration
will spare no
effort to bring
the perpetrators
to justice".
President
Jonathan
said "
that by today's
attack, we are
once again
reminded of the
international
character of
terrorism and
its
indiscriminate
targeting of
innocent
civilians”But he
nonetheless
affirmed
“Nigeria's
determination to
continue to play
its part in the
global effort to
eradicate the
scourge of
terrorism in all
its
ramifications"
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