The Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami has revealed just how empathetic President Muhammadu Buhari is about the recent killings in Plateau State, saying the President was quite in a bad mood to the extent that he couldn’t eat after learning that some Muslim travellers were killed in Jos, Plateau State capital in their way back from Bauchi State after attending a religious assembly.Â
This was reported by the Daily Nigerian that the Minister, Sheik Pantami disclosed this during a special condolence visit to the Islamic cleric to convey the president’s condolences.
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Recall that it was reported that about 25 Muslim travellers were killed at Rukuba, Jos while returning from a religious assembly organised by Sheikh Dahiru Bauchi in Bauchi State.
Pantami told the cleric that President Buhari was saddened by the killings such that he could not eat. He said;
“The president had since directed that the perpetrators of the attack be fished out and prosecuted.
“He spoke with top military brass on the issue. He had just returned from a journey, and as matter of fact the president could not even eat food.”
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