Former Senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial district, Shehu Sani has condemned the continuous killing of people in Southern Kaduna Senatorial district.
In a statement he issued and made available to journalists, the former lawmaker said, the northern part of Nigeria has lost its conscience and spirit for not ending killings in the zone.
“The Continuous violence and bloodshed in Southern Kaduna stands is unconscionable and stands unreservedly condemned.
“The blood of the innocent is being spilled in the most unimaginably cruel and unspeakably evil manner and with impunity.
“In southern Kaduna,the north has lost its conscience and the nation has lost its will and spirit.
“Terrorists have turned southern kaduna to a mortuary and a graveyard.
Sani said that the arson going on in Southern Kaduna was not as a result of revenge, but
“The Federal and State Government must live up to their moral and constitutional duties and responsibilities by ending the slaughter and the carnage now.
“The killings in Southern Kaduna is not a revenge, it’s terrorism and must be treated as such.
“Gunmen have become the Government Funerals services have become a daily routine. We are becoming a nation of endless mourning and ceaseless bereavement.
“Where women and Children are killed and buried everyday, the evil that will hunt and torment the nation has been planted.
“Nigerian political elite shed more tears when their friends dies and no tears when their poor people die.
“The Nigerian poor respectfully mourn the death of the rich or the powerful, the Nigerian rich or the powerful have no tears for the death of the poor.
Continuing, Sani said government bears the moral guilt for not protecting its citizens, while not allowing them to protect themselves.
He added that bloodletting in Nigeria has splashed the nation’s flag particularly when the innocents are killed.
“Where the people cannot be protected from systemic killings and are not allowed to defend themselves,the Government carries the sum of the moral burden of guilt and complicity.
“The national flag is splashed with blood each time an innocent man or woman is killed”, the statement concluded.
