Following Tuesday’s horrific attack by suspected terrorists on the Nuku and Woro communities, President Bola Tinubu has ordered the deployment of an army battalion in Kwara State’s Kaiama LGA.

According to Rauf Ajakaye, the chief press secretary to Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, the alleged terrorists killed 75 civilians during the attack.

In a statement issued on Wednesday night, presidential spokesperson Bayo Onanuga reported Tinubu as stating the new military command will spearhead “Operation Savannah Shield” to “checkmate the barbaric terrorists and protect defenceless communities”.

According to Onanuga, the president “condemned the cowardly and beastly attack” and denounced the attackers as “heartless for choosing soft targets in their doomed campaign of terror.”

“President Tinubu expressed rage that the attackers killed the community members who rejected their obnoxious attempt at indoctrination, choosing instead to practice Islam that is neither extreme nor violent,” the statement reads.

“It’s commendable that the community members, even though Muslims, refused to be conscripted into a weird belief that promoted violence over peace and dialogue.”

Onanuga said President Tinubu urged collaboration between federal and state agencies to provide succour to affected residents and “ensure those who committed the atrocities do not go scot-free.”

“President Tinubu prayed for the repose of the souls of the deceased and condoled with those who lost family members. He also condoled with the people and the government of Kwara State,” he added.