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Atiku condemns post-election violence
Newsdiaryonline Mon April 18,2011
Former Vice
President
Atiku Abubakar has
condemned the incidents of post election violence in some parts
of the country, saying it is not healthy for the sustenance of
our democracy.
In a statement by
the Atiku Media Office in
Abuja yesterday, the
former Vice President said that the resort to violence such as
the burning down of houses and setting prisoners free is not
acceptable in any democracy where people have the
freedom of
choice.
He said with
existing legal avenues to handle post-election complaints, there
is no reason whatsoever for anyone to take to violence under any
guise.
According to him,
any form of political violence that involves attacks on public
institutions, including places of worship, is dangerous to the
stability, unity and peaceful co-existence of Nigeria.
The former Vice
President while noting that the unity of
Nigeria is
non-negotiable, urged
political leaders to call
their supporters to order to refrain from the destruction to
lives and property.
“Our peaceful
co-existence as a people is not negotiable and anything that may
infringe on the promotion of our collective good, unity and
stability must not only be frowned on but avoided at all cost,”
he said.
Atiku advised
political
leaders whose supporters are involved in violence
to instantly dissociate themselves from these criminal conduct,
which threatens the unity, stability and public peace of the
nation.
He charged security
services to act swiftly to get on top of the unfolding
situation.
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