Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has bemoaned the surge
killings of unsuspecting armless Nigerians, stressing that it has reached an
epidemic level that threatens Nigeria’s collective humanity.
Recall that on Tuesday, gunmen attacked attacked
a mosque during morning prayers in the Unguwan Mantau community, Malumfashi
LGA, of Katsina state, killing at least 32 worshippers.
The State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home
Affairs, Nasir Mu’azu, said the incident was a reprisal attack after villagers
ambushed and lynched suspected bandits two days earlier.
According to him, the residents seized three motorcycles and
two AK-47 rifles and rescued kidnapped victims from Ruwan Sanyi village during
the incident.
Reacting in a post shared on his X account on Wednesday,
Atiku said that the killings were no longer isolated cases but have become a
grim reality across northern Nigeria and other parts of the country.
He added that the government’s posture shows denial of the
worsening security situation.
The 2023 Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential candidate
further explained that the time has come for the government to prioritise its
core duty of safeguarding lives and property.
“The wanton killings of innocent Nigerians have reached the
epidemic level. Only on Tuesday, in Katsina, at least 27 innocent worshippers
were massacred inside a mosque by marauding bandits during morning prayers.
“This attack was not just against a community; it was an
assault on our collective humanity,” he wrote.
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