President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned an attempted attack
on the Muslim Holy City Mecca by terrorists at the weekend.Premium Times
reports that President Buhari on Sunday, October 30 spoke with King Salman bin
Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia to express Nigeria’s solidarity with the
Kingdom after Houthi militias launched a ballistic missile at the holy city.
Buhari condemned the act which targeted innocent people as
heinous, reprehensible and ignoble
He however expressed delight that the Saudi defence forces
intercepted and downed the missile 65 km from the holy city of Mecca. Premium
Times reports that, in the telephone conversation with the king, President
Buhari restated the need to increase international support and coalition to
fight against terrorism and violent extremism. Meanwhile, Niger Delta leaders
and stakeholders have rejected the President Buhari’s government’s $10 billion
(N4 trillion) infrastructural rebirth investment programme, This revelation is
coming just as the Niger Delta leaders are expected to meet President Buhari at
the presidential villa on Monday, October 31.
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