Ekweremadu, Achuzia, Okoye knock security agencies
— 1st June 2016
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From Fred Itua, Abuja, Paul Osuyi, Asaba and Jeff Amechi Agbodo, Onitsha
Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu, yesterday, lampooned security agencies over alleged killings in some states of the South East and the South South. Ekweremadu warned that no one can stop people from speaking up in a democracy. He said this on the floor of the Senate, under Order 43 of the Senate Standing Rules and called on his colleagues to rise up and condemn alleged killings of young men and women in the South East during celebration of the 30th Anniversary of Biafra Day.
“Security agencies must apply caution in trying to quell disturbances. We have had so much of bloodbath in this country under different circumstances and, we cannot continue to lose young men and women because the future of this country belongs to them.
“We are now in a democracy and people should be entitled to speak their minds and to assemble under responsible circumstances and security agencies must also be responsible in dealing with those circumstances to ensure that lives are not lost unnecessarily.”
In his response, Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, said necessary actions will be taken to address the issues raised by Ekweremadu. He did not however, set up the committee as suggested by Ekweremadu.
In Asaba, Col. Joe Achuzia (retd), a civil war veteran also condemned the alleged killings. He said the killings have confirmed the fears in some quarters that the dreaded Boko Haram sect has infiltrated the South-South and South-East zones and implored security agencies to be alive to their responsibility.
“I am asking that this show of force should stop in our own interest, and let dialogue prevail.
“We, elders cannot sit back and watch things go from bad to worse. Let government adopt dialogue because we are capable of reacting when pushed to the wall.”
To the traditional Prime Minister of Awkuzu and a colonel in the Biafran Army, Chief Michael Ozua Okoye the killings are tragic and expressed sadness on hearing about the killings.
Okoye noted that Biafra state would come at God’s own time and not necessarily through fighting and killing of people, saying that the remembrance of fallen heros had been peaceful and wondered why this year’s event turned bloody.
Okoye said Eze Igbo Gburugburu, the late Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, who started the fight in his lifetime, did not advocate for another war.
From Fred Itua, Abuja, Paul Osuyi, Asaba and Jeff Amechi Agbodo, Onitsha
Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu, yesterday, lampooned security agencies over alleged killings in some states of the South East and the South South. Ekweremadu warned that no one can stop people from speaking up in a democracy. He said this on the floor of the Senate, under Order 43 of the Senate Standing Rules and called on his colleagues to rise up and condemn alleged killings of young men and women in the South East during celebration of the 30th Anniversary of Biafra Day.
“Security agencies must apply caution in trying to quell disturbances. We have had so much of bloodbath in this country under different circumstances and, we cannot continue to lose young men and women because the future of this country belongs to them.
“We are now in a democracy and people should be entitled to speak their minds and to assemble under responsible circumstances and security agencies must also be responsible in dealing with those circumstances to ensure that lives are not lost unnecessarily.”
In his response, Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, said necessary actions will be taken to address the issues raised by Ekweremadu. He did not however, set up the committee as suggested by Ekweremadu.
In Asaba, Col. Joe Achuzia (retd), a civil war veteran also condemned the alleged killings. He said the killings have confirmed the fears in some quarters that the dreaded Boko Haram sect has infiltrated the South-South and South-East zones and implored security agencies to be alive to their responsibility.
“I am asking that this show of force should stop in our own interest, and let dialogue prevail.
“We, elders cannot sit back and watch things go from bad to worse. Let government adopt dialogue because we are capable of reacting when pushed to the wall.”
To the traditional Prime Minister of Awkuzu and a colonel in the Biafran Army, Chief Michael Ozua Okoye the killings are tragic and expressed sadness on hearing about the killings.
Okoye noted that Biafra state would come at God’s own time and not necessarily through fighting and killing of people, saying that the remembrance of fallen heros had been peaceful and wondered why this year’s event turned bloody.
Okoye said Eze Igbo Gburugburu, the late Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, who started the fight in his lifetime, did not advocate for another war.
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