Former Lagos State governor and leader of the Action Congress of
Nigeria (ACN), Bola Tinubu has described the Saturday attack on the Emir
of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero, as a most frightening dimension in the
attacks unleashed by suspected terrorists on Nigerians and prominent
leaders.
He said the attack suggested that there is no hiding place and no one
is safe until the government tackles the problem of insecurity.
“Nigeria has sunk to a new low in insecurity,” Tinubu said yesterday
in a statement he issued, adding, “Nigeria continues to bleed, while
those charged with protecting their lives flounder and fiddle in their
response to a problem that could undermine national security and
endanger our young democracy.”
Tinubu stated that the pipeline disasters and deaths, the bombings of
churches and mosques, the car accidents on our roads and the ravaging
fire disasters signpost a nation bleeding from many places.
Also yesterday, the former governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Uzor
Kanu, described those behind the attack as mindless. Kalu, in a
statement by his spokesman, Oyekunle Oyewunmi, said the attack also
amounted to disrespect for the traditional institution, which the
referred monarch represents.
He said: “It is unimaginable that Alhaji Bayero, who is fully in
support of the return of peace to the North that stands troubled because
of the numerous crisis facing the region will be the target of the
attackers.”
In his reaction, Senator Kabiru Ibrahim Gaya (ANPP Kano South)
condemned the attack. In statement signed by Gaya’s spokesman, Prince
Idris Afegbua, Gaya said the level of insecurity in the country is
becoming alarming, saying all hands must be on deck to make the country
safe.
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