Oby Ezekwesili, a former Minister of Education, has called for an end to the killings in Kaduna State and everywhere else around the country.
In a series of posts on her Twitter page, on Saturday, she urged the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government and Security Agencies to take decisive steps to ensure that the perpetrators are brought to book.
Her words: “I challenge @nigeriagov, @ngrpresident, @mbuhari, and the IG @policeng, to please, please, surprise us and prove me wrong, by actually breaking the pattern in Kaduna State, and everywhere else in our country, where citizens are killed in their communities, and no consequences follow.”
She added that: “Countries that have no respect for the sanctity of human life, inherently lack the basic ingredients for social contract between government and citizens. Countries that are void of social contract, end up eroding their social capital among their citizens. Is this not Nigeria now?”, the former Minister asked.
She therefore, urged Nigerians to take a stand, and demand accountability from all levels of governments.
Meanwhile, she prayed that God comforts all those who have lost their loved ones in the recent killings in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State.