{"id":24665,"date":"2014-03-25T15:49:05","date_gmt":"2014-03-25T14:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=24665"},"modified":"2014-03-25T16:18:25","modified_gmt":"2014-03-25T15:18:25","slug":"terrorism-capital-punishment-is-the-answer-mark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/terrorism-capital-punishment-is-the-answer-mark\/","title":{"rendered":"Terrorism: Capital punishment is the answer &#8211; Mark"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">President of the Senate, Senator David Mark, has reiterated the resolve of the Federal government towards ending the insurgency in the country just as he insisted that capital punishment is the antidote to the menace.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Addressing the Federation of Muslim Women\u2019s Associations in Nigeria (FOMWAN), who besieged his office to register their protest against the unabating insurgency in the country, Senator Mark frowned that killings in the name of religion or expressing grievances is condemnable and totally unacceptable.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cMy faith does not accept capital punishment, but as an individual I believe that if you kill, you should be killed as well.\u201d Mark stated.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He told the aggrieved women: \u201cWe are as pained as you are; I think there is no one who is not feeling the pain. In those days, you can travel anytime, anywhere and any village you went to, you are always welcomed and secured. But today, the reverse is the case. We must rise up and collectively condemn this dastardly act in our society.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Senate President commended the military for their efforts so far but was quick to remind Nigerians of the need to be watchful and support the government in the quest to end the insurgency.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Senator Mark said there is need to win the heart of all and sundry in curbing all forms of insecurity saying. \u201cBeside insurgency, kidnapping and armed robbery goes on in other parts of the country.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He assured his guests of the National Assembly\u2019s continued efforts to bring peace back to the nation saying there is no day in the plenary when issues of peaceful co-existence of the citizens is not giving prominent in the debate.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cAll of us have roles to play, not only the elected and the Armed Forces, government need our cooperation in order to bring succour back to our dear nation.\u201d Senator Mark stressed.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He thanked FOWMAN for taking the bold step to speak out and condemn the insurgency and insecurity across our nation saying, \u201ctruth must be told and the earlier you say it the better.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier, the leader of the delegation, Hajia Hadijat Suleiman stressed that FOWMAN decided to visit the National Assembly to express before the lawmakers, \u201cthe bleeding hearts of Nigerian women, the agonizing pain and feeling of despair which the woman folks have been made to face in recent times.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She said \u201cFOWMAN mourn with the rest of humanity over the inhuman destruction of creations of Allah and wanton shedding of the blood of innocent citizens in this country.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0\u201cWe view with sadness, trepidation and a deep concern the continuous escalation of violent attack on innocent lives and property in multiple locations. We are mothers, wives, we are nurturers of life, nurturers of families, we are builders and sustainers of nations, we are not destroyers, these killing of our children, our men and indeed women must stop.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWe urged the National Assembly to make a loud and resounding statement and stand up to be counted for the benefit of posterity. Government should explore all avenues to determine the source and sustainers of this phenomenon. It is crime against humanity.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Suleiman however pleaded with appropriate government agencies to provide relief materials to all people affected by this violence.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Signed<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Paul Mumeh<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Chief Press Secretary to the President of the Senate<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President of the Senate, Senator David Mark, has reiterated the resolve of the Federal government towards ending the insurgency in the country just as he insisted that capital punishment is&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24668,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Terrorism: Capital punishment is the answer - Mark                                - Pointblank News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/terrorism-capital-punishment-is-the-answer-mark\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Terrorism: Capital punishment is the answer - Mark                                - Pointblank News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"President of the Senate, Senator David Mark, has reiterated the resolve of the Federal government towards ending the insurgency in the country just as he insisted that capital punishment is&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/terrorism-capital-punishment-is-the-answer-mark\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pointblank News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-03-25T14:49:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2014-03-25T15:18:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/fomwan1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"750\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Our Reporter\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Our Reporter\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/terrorism-capital-punishment-is-the-answer-mark\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/terrorism-capital-punishment-is-the-answer-mark\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Our Reporter\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c\"},\"headline\":\"Terrorism: Capital punishment is the answer &#8211; 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