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Atiku denounces Suleja blast, decries culture of impunity
Newsdiaryonline Fri March 4,2011
Soldier assisting a victim of Suleja blast Thursday
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has denounced the blast at
the PDP rally in Suleja on Thursday and decried the emerging
culture of impunity taking root in Nigeria.
The former Vice President, however, said failure of the
authorities to bring perpetrators of such previous dastardly
acts to book may have emboldened others to unleash more mayhem
on innocent people.
Atiku described as a very dangerous precedent the trend of
introducing explosives at a rally venue where huge population
was expected to turn out to hear the messages of candidates.
He urged the security operatives in the country to step up
investigations into Thursday’s and other blasts, as these remain
threats to the April polls.
He described the action of the faceless perpetrators as wicked,
inhuman and unacceptable and urged security operatives to leave
no stone unturned in apprehending these enemies of Nigeria.
He said that there can never be a justification for a resort to
bombings to commit mass murder.
He expressed his condolences to families of those who lost dear
ones and the injured, people and government of Niger State and
the PDP.
He called for thorough investigations to ensure that all those
involved in this crime against humanity are brought to justice.
He said that bringing all those involved in this and other
dastardly acts to justice remains a necessary deterrent to those
who may want to visit further killings and maiming on innocent
Nigerians.
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