President Muhammadu Buhari has made a passionate appeal to Nigerians to be tolerant of one another and embrace peace for the general good of society.
The president’s spokesman, Femi Adesina, in an issued statement in Abuja, said Buhari made the appeal after visiting the Kigali Genocide Memorial in Rwanda yesterday.
The President toured the permanent exhibitions at the Memorial and laid a wreath at the mass graves where more than 250,000 victims of the genocide were buried. He also paid tribute to the memory of the victims and prayed for healing for the survivors.
After the historic visit, the president told newsmen that a lesson from his visit was the need for Nigerians to continue to be tolerant of one another.
He added the nation should preserve its own historical antecedents from the Nigeria Civil War (1967-1970).
Before departing, the president also wrote in the visitors’ book: “Remembering the victims of this dark history of the Rwanda Genocide, we pray that humanity will never experience this kind of hatred, wickedness and violence to others because of their ethnic background, religion and beliefs.
The Nigerian leader is in Kigali, Rwanda to participate in the 26th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, (CHOGM). He will hold bilateral talks with the President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson, yesterday.
President Buhari will also attend the official opening of CHOGM today, Friday, followed by high-level meetings of Heads of State and Government.
