Abuja Blast: You Have Failed, Lawmaker Tells Jonathan .
Monday, 04 October 2010 02:46 Gonji Palang, Jos .

The Deputy Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Hon Suleiman Abduraham Kawu, has said that the Federal Government should be held responsible for the bomb blast that took place in Abuja during the celebration of the 50th independence anniversary of the nation.

The lawmaker said President Goodluck Jonathan is not capable of leading Nigeria,as he has failed to provide adequate security for Nigerians. Kawu made this known yesterday in Jos, the Plateau State capital, at the National Education Appeal Fund 2010 of the Jama'atu Izalatil Bid'ah Wa Ikamatis Sunnah (JIBWIS) for the renovation of burnt schools, expansion of the School of Islamic Studies, completion of the Sunnah Hospital’s permanent site, construction of the Quaranic School, Jengre and the purchase of five vehicles.

According to him, the Federal Government was informed of the plan but they turned a deaf ear to the alert and went on with the programme without putting adequate security measures in place.

"The president is not the Inspector General of Police and neither is he the Director of the SSS, how can he ignore a security threat of that magnitude? After all Nigerians were informed of the bomb attack 30 minutes before it blew off and then to our surprise, he is trying to exonorate himself from blames. He has failed to address the problems of Nigeria”.

On the 2011 election, the Deputy Minority Leader called on Nigerians to join hands together to get rid of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). "They have misused the stolen mandate the got for the past 12 years. I urge Nigerians to come together so that we can get rid of them," he added.

Ribadu blames bombing on security failings
By Elor Nkereuwem

October 4, 2010 02:26AM
   
Security agencies in Nigeria, and ultimately, the federal government, must take the blame for the lives lost in the October 1 bombings in Abuja, Nuhu Ribadu, the presidential flag bearer of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), has said.

Mr. Ribadu said this at the National Hospital, Abuja, yesterday when he visited survivors of the attacks.

"The issue of security is a challenge; law enforcement must take the responsibility and we must do what is right. Government must protect its people, if you cannot protect your people, then there is no reason you should be in government," the former anti-graft chief said.

The hospital had returned to a state of normalcy after the commotion over the weekend, but the hospital beds in the First Aid Ward, where Mr. Ribadu visited with the bomb victims, was full of survivors with varying states of injury, most in severe pains.

Yakubu Issa, a sergeant with the Nigerian Police, who sustained multiple injuries to the head, shoulder and leg, was the first man to get Mr. Ribadu's attention. Mr. Issa's wife, who declined to give her name, told NEXT that her husband had been deployed to the bomb site after the first explosion to disperse the gathering crowd and to move the wounded to the hospital. Mr. Issa became a victim when the second round of explosives went off.

"He said he just felt something lift him up. He said he felt as though his head, leg and shoulder were being pulled off his body. Next thing, he found himself in the hospital," she said.

Mrs. Issa, who has five children and is currently pregnant, said she is grateful to God that her husband's injuries were not fatal.

Mourning the dead

The former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes (EFCC), in a chat with journalist after his rounds at the hospital spoke passionately of a former EFCC operative, Tahir Zakari Biu, who lost his life during the bombings.

"I lost somebody; I lost a staff of the EFCC. One of the young Nigerians that we took time to train. An amazingly good chap. Got married not long ago, with one child. Very, very much ready to contribute and make Nigeria a better place. This chap, who was truly a Nigerian, was desperate to see that justice is done in our own country.

They have taken his life and that is a big minus for all of us," Mr. Ribadu said.

Mr. Ribadu further called on the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), the militant group who have since claimed responsibility for setting off the bombs, to have a rethink on their method of fighting for justice.

"Though I can understand, I can perfectly see the reason why some people may disagree and want to show their own displeasure with the way things are, but taking innocent lives is not the answer. People have lost their lives, and they are also human beings. This is injustice; injustice to them, to their own families, and to Nigerians. Please let them rethink their own positions," he said.

Gbawe:

By the way , does anyone know if Atiku, Gusau , IBB and other 'potential Presidents' have visited victims of the bombing since they all "care" passionately about the plights of Nigerians ?

Gbawe:

http://www.leadershipeditors.com/ns/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16903:abuja-blast-you-have-failed-lawmaker-tells-jonathan-&catid=16:headline-news&Itemid=102

The former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes (EFCC), in a chat with journalist after his rounds at the hospital spoke passionately of a former EFCC operative, Tahir Zakari Biu, who lost his life during the bombings.

"I lost somebody; I lost a staff of the EFCC. One of the young Nigerians that we took time to train. An amazingly good chap. Got married not long ago, with one child. Very, very much ready to contribute and make Nigeria a better place. This chap, who was truly a Nigerian, was desperate to see that justice is done in our own country.

They have taken his life and that is a big minus for all of us," Mr. Ribadu said.

Mr. Ribadu further called on the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), the militant group who have since claimed responsibility for setting off the bombs, to have a rethink on their method of fighting for justice.

"Though I can understand, I can perfectly see the reason why some people may disagree and want to show their own displeasure with the way things are, but taking innocent lives is not the answer. People have lost their lives, and they are also human beings. This is injustice; injustice to them, to their own families, and to Nigerians. Please let them rethink their own positions," he said.

oyb:

this is the true face of leadership, putting a face to the victims - making it clear that they are more than just numbers and statistics

ferari90:

I am very sure the have or they will. they might not make it public
before lame people will start to say they are taking advantage of the situation
to look good in the eye of the public.