Former Minister of Education and an advocate for justice, Oby Ezekwsili has accused President Muhammadu BUhari of failing to address the real issues over the Thursday’s killing of Deborah Samuel.
Miss Samuel was killed and burnt by fellow students of the Shehu Shagari College of Education Sokoto after being accused of blasphemy.
The president had issued a statement where he condemned the killing.
But the former Minister said Buhari was not pungent enough and sidestep the issues.
She said, “I read yesterday’ Statement of Nigerian President and nowhere did Buhari state that killers of Deborah Samuel will be prosecuted. No where in that statement that spent more words “educating” us on “religious blasphemy” did the President say the CRIMINALS will be PUNISHED.
Read it.”
The president, in his statement which was released by aide, Garba Shehu had said “No person has the right to take the law in his or her own hands in this country. Violence has and never will solve any problem,” said the President.
President Buhari also directed the Ministries of Information and Culture, Police Affairs and that of Communications and Digital Economy to work with GSM providers and Tech companies to help contain the spread of false and inflammatory information through social media.
The President extended the nation’s condolences to the family of the deceased student and wished all those injured a quick recovery. He commended the immediate response to the incident by the Government and urged religious and community leaders to call citizens’ attention to the need to exercise the right to freedom of speech responsibly.
President Buhari called for tampered comments by the media and calm among the general population while investigation is ongoing to find out the remote and immediate causes of the incident.