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Atiku condemns Boko Haram
atrocities
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has
condemned in the strongest terms the latest round of ethnic and
religious terrorist attacks in Jigawa, Gombe and in Mubi and
Jimeta, Adamawa State, by yet to be identified gunmen.
Speaking to newsmen on Saturday evening,
shortly on arrival at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport,
Abuja, the former Vice President said the killing of 30 innocent
Nigerians by bandits was not only criminal and barbaric but also
a dangerous threat to the unity of this country, especially
coming two weeks after the terrorist attack on Christian
worshippers at the St. Theresa Catholic Church at Madalla on
Christmas Day.
This spiral of violence, he said, is
unacceptable because it was targeted at destroying Nigeria’s
hard efforts to sustain unity in diversity. According to Atiku,
the attack on defenseless citizens anywhere carries the risk of
polarizing the nation and weakening the efforts to take a united
stand against terrorists and their evil agenda.
He said at a time leaders were making
united efforts to find solutions to this mindless and cruel
incidents of terrorist violence, some bandits with hideous
motives appeared determined to set Nigerians against one
another.
The Former Vice President, however, called
for increased vigilance by security agents, wondering how
bandits could wipe out lives with impunity without detection or
intervention by those trained to protect the citizens.
Atiku noted that one of the basic duties
of any government include the protection of its citizens
anywhere they reside in the country. He warned of dangerous
consequences of targeting members of other ethnic groups or
followers of other religions.
The Turaki Adamawa expressed his sympathy
to the families of the victims of this latest violence on
innocent citizens by the Boko Haram. He also expressed
solidarity with the government and people of Adamawa State and
the rest of the country over this national tragedy.
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