Ahmed Abutu, the senior brother of one of the soldiers killed by irate youths in Okuoma, Delta State, Lance Corporal Abdul Ibrahim, has said that the family of the deceased will value justice over money.
He spoke following the pledge by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu that the government will assuage the pain of the families.
The President, who awarded the deceased national honours and promised them houses and scholarships for their children, spoke at the burial ceremony in Abuja on Wednesday.
But Abutu, whose family hails from Kogi State, said: “Our happiness is that he died fighting for this country.
“That is our happiness.
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“So if the government feels that the things Mr. President said they will do for the family, we appreciate them being the leadership.
“But the perpetrators must not be allowed to go free.
“A criminal is not supposed to live in society.
“So anywhere they are, they should fish them out.
“A life that nobody can give, a life that cannot be given, why must you take it?
“What are you taking it for?
“Our security agencies should go out day and night to bring these people to book.
“Then we will be grateful.
“It is a sad event.
“We have lost a brother that is the breadwinner of the family.
“He is a man of peace.
“He is a Muslim to the core.
“He is a man that if you don’t say go, he won’t go.
“He respects everybody in the family.
“He is caring.
“We received the news with great shock because it’s unexpected.
“He is not somebody that is troublesome.
“He is not somebody you will find where he is not supposed to be found so when the news came.
“It was so sad.
“It’s a great loss to the family.
“There is nothing that will compensate for the life of a man.”
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