Former governor of Kaduna state Senator Ahmed Makarfi on Tuesday condemned the killing of dozens of citizens by suspected herdsmen in Jos, Plateau state on Monday.
The former Senator, who spoke through his spokesman, Mukhtar Sirajo, in Kaduna said the killings were unfortunate, unnecessary and condemnable.
He said killing under any guise cannot be justified and urged all parties to seek for a civilized way to redress their grievances.
Makarfi urged aggrieved parties to always explore dialogue with one another through constant and continuous constructive engagement, Makarfi insisted that the resort to violence was alien to Nigerians.
He said, “the artificial divisions that are threatening our fabric are alien to us as a people and it is in our enlightened collective interest to throw away the yolk, embrace one another and deploy that diversity with which God has endowed us for the overall development of all of us, so that we bequeath a legacy of unity in diversity for this and upcoming generations.”
While condoling with families of those who lost their beloved ones in the mayhem, Makarfi prayed “for the repose of the dead and speedy recovery for the injured.”
