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PRESIDENT BUHARI CONDEMNS INTERNECINE VIOLENCE IN KADUNA, URGES STAKEHOLDERS TO EMBRACE MEDIATION
President Muhammadu Buhari has urged the actors in the communal and persistent violence in Kaduna State to come to terms with the fact that mutual violence has no winners, but losers on both sides of the conflict.
Reacting to the endless carnage in Kaduna State on Saturday, President Buhari said, "I am deeply troubled by the fact that sanctity of life is now treated with such reckless disregard that people derive joy in shedding the blood of others or perceived enemies."
According to the President, "inhumanity has replaced compassion in the hearts and minds of the perpetrators of these atrocities."
"No responsible leader would go to bed happy to see his citizens savagely killing one another on account of ethnic and religious bigotry", he further noted sadly.
According to President Buhari, "Violence cannot be the solution to these persistent conflicts as long as people resort to deliberate provocations, revenge and counter revenge."
He said that, "While the government remains committed to protecting its citizens, the communities involved must also put their shoulder to the wheel in order to find a lasting solution."
President Buhari noted that "lack of cooperation by those involved might frustrate government's efforts towards finding a lasting solution, especially if those efforts are politicised."
According to the President, "If the people resist government's efforts to hold the perpetrators and their sponsors accountable, it would be very difficult to bring the violence to a permanent end."
President Buhari regretted that "everything is politicised in Nigeria, including the efforts to bring offenders to justice, because their people will rise up in arms to resist their arrests and prosecution."
He described hate, bigotry and prejudice as "deadly poisons that have infected the human psyche on such scale that people now don't have any moral inhibitions about taking life."
The President also appealed to the warring communities to stop inhibiting the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA’s efforts to deliver food, medicines and temporary shelter to the victims of the violence who are in urgent need of assistance.
Garba Shehu
Senior Special Assistant to the President
(Media & Publicity)
March 16, 2019
Yesterday was a dark day for the people of Lagos and Anambra States: The news of the collapsed building in Itafaaji area of Lagos Island, and the tanker accident in Onitsha. It touches one to lose precious lives in any kind of mishap, particularly those so young and tender. May the Almighty God comfort the bereaved and grant quick recovery to the injured. Condolences to the government and people of Lagos and Anambra States.
I charge both State Governments to do all that is needful, so that these tragic developments do not recur.
My prayers and thoughts are with the families and friends of Ambassador Abiodun Bashua and Professor Pius Adesanmi, and of all the other passengers and crew who lost their lives in the Ethiopian Airlines crash yesterday. May the Almighty God give them the strength and fortitude to bear the loss.
The news of the crash is profoundly saddening; Ethiopian Airlines is one of the world's most successful and efficient Airlines. On behalf of the Government and people of Nigeria, I extend sincere condolences to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia, and to all the countries that, like Nigeria, lost citizens.
I commiserate with the families of those who lost their lives in the tanker accident in Onitsha, yesterday. Condolences also to the government and people of Anambra State. I pray that the Almighty God will comfort the bereaved and grant quick recovery to the injured.
I’m extremely saddened by the news of the collapsed building in Itafaaji area of Lagos. It touches one to lose precious lives in any kind of mishap, particularly those so young and tender. May God grant everyone affected by this sad incident fortitude and succour.
I mourn the passing of Ambassador Abiodun Bashua and Professor Pius Adesanmi in the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash which occurred yesterday. Distinguished Nigerians who did the nation proud in their professional endeavors.
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