Obi, who was also a former Governor of Anambra State, made this known in series of tweets on his Twitter handle.
Browsing: Plateau killings
The Taraba Government said on Friday that it had evacuated 383 students from the University of Jos following renewed killings in the Plateau capital, with a student confirmed dead.
The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Solomon Dalung, on Wednesday condemned the renewed killing of innocent citizens in parts of Plateau, and reiterated the call for the declaration of a state of emergency in the area.
The candidates, who are taking shelter in Internally Displaced Persons camps in the state, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday that the attacks prevented them from writing the NECO Basic Education Certificate Examination and the Senior Secondary Certificate Examination.
David Young, Deputy Chief of Mission, US Embassy in Nigeria, has condoled with the people of Plateau over the recent killings in the state.
The President of the society, Yomi Bolarinwa, made the group’s position known in a statement on Thursday in Lagos.
Governor Simon Lalong made the disclosure on Wednesday in Jos at monthly prayer organised by the State Government.
Adams in a statement he personally signed on Tuesday, said the summit has become urgent in view of the insecurity in the country, especially the killings by herdsmen.
After exhaustive debate on the motion, the Senate directed its ad-hoc. Committee on constitutional review to put in place machinery to amend the constitution to allow for the creation of State Police.
This followed a motion under Matters of Urgent Public Importance by Hon. Istifanus Gyang.
MURIC said: “It is brutish, barbaric and inhuman. There can be no justification for such merciless brulality. We frown on the killing and rustling of cows, including all acts of cruelty to animals. In like manner, we find the destruction of farmers’ crops unacceptable, wicked and provocative.”
Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, gave the advice in a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday.
The Zonal Coordinator of the commission in Plateau, Veronica Abe, made the commission’s position known in a statement on Wednesday in Jos.
This simple logic has made it impossible these days to ignore the harsh reality in Nigeria that a cow is worth more than one human life under the present socio-political firmament in the country.
The Governor gave this assurance in the wake of two attacks by gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen on family compounds in Kwata Zawan in Jos South Local Government Area and Gwol-Hoss Village along Makera in Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State