- Safiu Kehinde
The 2023 New Nigerian Peoples Party’s (NNPP) Presidential candidate, has charged the Federal Government to give the incessant killings in Plateau and other states across the country the attention they deserve, stressing that the killings can no longer be treated as business as usual.
Kwankwaso gave the charge in a statement issued on Tuesday in reaction to the gunmen attack on Angwan Rukuba community in Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau state.
NPO Reported that the attack had claimed the lives of over 30 residents with several others injured.
While blaming the attack on the alleged failure of the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led administration, the former Kano governor demanded the treatment of the killings as national emergency by both Federal and state governments.
“The barbaric attack on the Gari Ya Waye community in Angwan Rukuba, Jos, which claimed the lives of no fewer than 27 Nigerians and left many others injured, is yet another tragic and shameful chapter in our nation’s history.
“This senseless bloodshed represents the continuing failure of leadership and the deepening culture of impunity that has turned parts of our country into killing fields.
“The recurring violence in Plateau State, and indeed across several parts of Nigeria, can no longer be treated as business as usual.
“It demands to be treated as the national emergency that it was declared to be by the Federal and State Governments.” He said.
Kwankwaso expressed his condolences to the families of the deceased and injured victims.
“Our people deserve the right to live in peace, security, and dignity, regardless of their ethnicity or faith.
“My heartfelt condolences and prayers go to the families of the victims, the injured, and the entire Gari Ya Waye community in this moment of profound grief.”He wrote.