The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has bemoaned the incessant killings across the country, stressing that Nigeria can no longer condone the carnage.
Asiwaju Tinubu who visited Maiduguri, Borno State capital, to sympathise with the government and people of the state over the recent mass killing of farmers in a rice field.
At least 48 farmers have been officially confirmed by the government to have been slaughtered two weeks ago in the Zabarmari district of Borno. Unofficial sources have placed the death toll to about a hundred.
Speaking to journalists at the Government House, Maiduguri, Asiwaju Tinubu said peace and progress cannot be achieved in an environment where lives are being threatened recklessly.
“We cannot achieve peace and stability in an environment where people are butchered while in search of their means of livelihoods,” said Tinubu.
The APC leader who had earlier paid a courtesy call on the governor of Borno State said he was in the state to “sympathise and condole with the people of Borno, particularly the governor who has been working tirelessly to ensure peace and stability in the state.”
“And even as a nation, we want peace in this country. We cannot achieve peace and stability in an environment where people are butchered while in search of their means of livelihood.
“And those who may be promoting all of these dissidents are called upon to try the other means of peace.
“Let’s get our youths engaged, we cannot afford any of this carnage any longer.
