On Saturday, the Green Party of Nigeria
(GPN) called on the Federal Governments
intervention in ending the persistent killing
across the country as soon as possible.
Mr Roy Oribhabor, Chairman of the Edo
State Chapter of the party, during an
interview with journalists in Benin on
Saturday said that it was a necessary call in
view of the recent killings in Benue state
claimed to have been perpetrated by Fulani
herdsmen.
Reports from newsmen claims that at least
eight states in the country are suffering
attacks from rampaging herdsmen. The
states include Enugu, Benue, Ekiti,
Adamawa, Imo, Zamfara, Kaduna and Delta
following the abduction and killings of His
Royal Majesty, Akaeze Ofulue III of the
Ubulu-Uku.
He described the Benue killing as
disheartening, saying it was the
responsibility of the government to as a
matter of urgency and concern, end the un-
ending destruction of lives and property of
Nigerians by their fellow countrymen.
The chairman of the party said the killings
were not only gruesome, unacceptable,
callous, inhuman and wicked, they should
be wholly and openly condemned and not
be politicised.
Oribhabor called on security operatives of
the country to uncover the masterminds
behind those killings.
He expressed the party’s empathy for the
families of those who lost their loved ones
in the killing episodes as well as the
governments of Benue, Rivers and Kwara.
The party chairman appealed to the
affected states government to declare a
state of emergency, especially in states with
high rate of unwanton killings, and urged
security agencies to get to the root of the
agenda behind the killings.
He said; “We are very well alarmed with
these killings, especially against the
background that the killings have now
shown the world that life is not valued in
Nigeria.”
Our dear nation is now a banana republic
where people can just wake up and take
someone else’s life without having second
thoughts.
This is the reason why we as a party is
calling on the Federal Government to be
more proactive than reactive to this matter
of senseless killing across the country.

Source: journalng.com

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