Nigeria painted red with blood of the innocents - Speaker Dogara laments over Benue killings
- The speaker of the House of Representatives has warned against the continued killings by suspected herdsmen across Nigeria
- Yakubu Dogara said Nigeria has been painted red with citizens' blood
- He urged President Muhammadu Buhari to apply maximum sanction on public officers who fail to carry out their duties
The speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has warned that all perpetrators of killings across Nigeria will be decisively dealt with.
Dogara noted that there is no safe haven for such criminals in the country.
While delivering his opening address at the resumption of the plenary on Tuesday, January 16, Dogara called on government at all levels to protect Nigerians and not allow any kind of group unleash mayhem on the people.
He also warned leaders to quit the blame game and focus on securing the lives and property of the people they have been elected to serve.
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“We are all painfully aware of the wave of murders of innocent Nigerians that has been sweeping through the nation.
"From the senseless killings in Rivers state, to the killing rampages in Benue, Taraba, Kaduna, Zamfara, Adamawa, Edo and other states; our dear country is now being painted red with the blood of the innocents on account of unremitting bedlam callously promoted by cold hearted merchants of death.
“Our job as leaders is to hold our people together and ensure that no one or group is allowed to foist the reign of tragedy and group polarisation on our dear nation.
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“Those who pride themselves in violence must be reminded of the self-defeating nature of violence: the fact that violence only begets violence and that true victory has never been won by violence.
“At these moments of intense outpouring of grief across the nation, it is important that we shun buck passing and accept responsibility for these wanton killings without which we will never find a solution to this evil. We cannot afford to fold our hands and pretend that all is well with our country.
“We cannot throw up our hands in defeat. We have a responsibility to all Nigerians regardless of creed or ethnicity in line with the constitutionally stated primary purpose of the government we serve in, which is securing the welfare including the lives and property of our people.
“This we must do by ensuring that every law abiding Nigerian is protected wherever he chooses to live in the country and everyone who is up in arms against our citizens is quickly brought to justice wherever they are in the country.
"That there are no sanctuaries anywhere in the country for killers and other hardened criminals who feed on the blood of our people," Dogara said.
The speaker further urged President Muhammadu Buhari to apply maximum sanctions on public officers who fail in carrying out their responsibilities to the people.
He said effort if put in place by the federal government will bring an end to herdsmen killings in Nigeria.
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Legit.ng earlier reported that the Senate leadership met with President Muhammadu Buhari to brief him on their recommendation over the killing in Benue.
The Senate had on Tuesday, January 16, adopted far-reaching resolutions and recommendations on the crisis.
These resolutions and recommendations were presented to President Buhari to enable the federal governmnet bring an end to the incessant attacks by suspected herdsmen in Benue state.
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Source: Legit.ng
