Senator Uche Chukwumerije, representing Abia North has decried the killings of Igbos during the multiple explosions in Kano that occurred last Monday, March 18.<\/p>\n
He however warned that if such situation was not managed properly the outcome of this incident could be catastrophic.<\/p>\n
Speaking at plenary through a Point Of Order, Chukwumerije said the particular explosion was targeted at a particular ethic group and region of Nigeria.<\/p>\n
He said “the reaction coming from this tragic incident suggests so; therefore this has to be addressed as ethnicity and religion are the two most tensed social categories in Nigeria.”<\/p>\n
He underscored that “all the five buses belong to owners who all hail from the same ethnic group.”<\/p>\n
He further stated that the incident was like a ‘volcano’ hence no one was able to go in to rescue anyone or anything after the explosion. 80 percent of people killed were Igbos and over a hundred persons died from this explosion.<\/p>\n
He urged that security issues must be tackled as the Nigerian people are asking what the government has done and why these incessant murders continue.<\/p>\n
He recounted a similar explosion in the same area and yet nothing was done to protect this populated area from a future occurrence.<\/p>\n
“The people in the area are unhappy as they feel that the state government has done little even to properly console them in their loss.<\/p>\n
This in effect means that the confidence of the victims has dwindled towards the Government and State as a whole” he said.<\/p>\n
Also, Senator Kabiru Gaya representing Kano South while condemning the killings said the attackers have come to cause disunity in Kano and in Nigeria.<\/p>\n
Sen Gaya who disclosed that at least two people are killed every day in Kano also noted that the government is not doing enough to stop this pattern.<\/p>\n
He said people in his state are so terrified that students do not attend school anymore because they fear they will lose their lives adding “everything in the state is at a standstill as a result of these frequent attacks.”<\/p>\n
He lamented that only 8,000 police officers are assigned to Kano as against 33, 000 police officers for Lagos.<\/p>\n
He said “this is an indication that there is insufficient manpower to handle the security problems in his state.”<\/p>\n
He also advanced for dialogue with the attackers to be adopted, including the option of amnesty, so long as the menace ends.<\/p>\n
However, the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu who presided over the session condemned the attacks in Kano.<\/p>\n
Describing the attack as ‘regrettable,\u2019 he appealed that the government needs to explore other options to stop such carnage happening again.<\/p>\n
The Senate took a minute silent in honour of the slain ones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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