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I’m Embarrassed By Cycle Of Violence Amongst Ethnic Warriors, Militias – Atiku

 

Former Vice President of Nigeria, who is currently a chieftain of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has expressed disgust over what he called ‘continuing cycle of violence, revenge and counter revenge’ by ethnic warriors and militias in the country that had led to needless waste of precious human lives

In a statement today, Wednesday, Atiku Abubakar condemned the latest sectarian crisis, which claimed the life of the Adamawa State PDP spokesperson, Mr. Sam Zadock  and 12 other victims. He also condemned similar crisis in Kaduna and other places that have led to avoidable loss of lives in the country. 

The former Vice President said that the reckless disregard for the sanctity of life is not only disturbing, but shows the failure of local leaders to manage differences and grievances even as he stressed: “bloodshed cannot be the solution to those grievances.”

According to him, “our common humanity is greater than our ethnic and religious differences and that the frequent resort to violence is inconsistent with the teachings of our religions about the sanctity of life.” 

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Atiku Abubakar said that no society can achieve peace and happiness when love is replaced with violent and destructive hate and bigotry even as he called for cool headed approach to conflict resolutions instead of incitements to violence by ethnic and religious leaders.

He said that those who encourage the destruction of life are unfit to lead others, even as he called for increased vigilance and prompt response to early signs of developing violence or conflicts in order to nip such crises in the bud. 

He said that the deployment of troops after lives have been lost “is tantamount to locking the stable door after the horse has bolted.”

He however praised the efforts of the security personnel and their sacrifices, and called for improved strategies and the use of human intelligence to foil mass murderers before they strike.

Atiku Abubakar condoled with the Zadock family, families of the other deceased and the Adamawa PDP over the loss of their loved ones. [myad]