President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed shock over Tuesday's mass killing by Boko Haram in a Borno village which resulted in the death of 81 residents.
On Tuesday, the Islamic State of West Africa (ISWAP), a breakaway faction of Boko Haram, launched one of its deadliest attacks in recent times on the residents of a village in Gubio local government.
Reacting to Tuesday's incident, President Buhari said in a statement released by his spokesman, Garba Shehu, on Wednesday, that "he is deeply shocked by the brutal killing of tens of people by the Boko Haram/Islam in West Africa Province (ISWAP) in Gubio village, Borno State."
The president, who said he was expecting a detailed briefing by the Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, said he was particularly shocked by the "primordial nature of the killings" because it happened "not long after the Ramadhan and Eid, and the country is preparing to celebrate the Democracy Day."
Mr Shehu said the president "expressed the sincere condolences of the government and people of Nigeria to the bereaved families, communities and the government and people of Borno State."
