President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed displeasure over the reckless disregard for human life caused by violence in parts of Nigeria, especially Kaduna.
Reacting to the endless carnage in Kaduna State, President Buhari said: “I am deeply troubled by the fact that sanctity of life is now treated with such reckless disregard that people derive joy in shedding the blood of others or perceived enemies.”
He urged the actors in the communal and persistent violence in the State to come to terms with the fact that mutual violence has no winners, but losers on both sides of the conflict.
Mallam Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media & Publicity), quoted Buhari as saying: “Inhumanity has replaced compassion in the hearts and minds of the perpetrators of these atrocities.”
“No responsible leader would go to bed happy to see his citizens savagely killing one another on account of ethnic and religious bigotry”, he further noted…
Source: News Agency of Nigeria
