“This is one of the saddest moments of my life” – Ekweremadu speaks on Jos violence.
The Deputy President of Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu has described as brutal and awful, the death of Senator Gyang Datong and innocent Nigerians in the renewed killings in Plateau State.
In a statement signed yesterday by his Media spokesperson Uche Anichukwu, the Deputy President of the Senate said:
“This is one of the saddest moments of my life.
“I have lost a friend and the nation, especially the Senate has lost a consummate lawmaker in a most shameful circumstance;
“I am indeed worried about the growing cheapness of human life in troubled parts of the country and the long-term implications of our descent from a culture of love and high value for human life to that of hate, senseless killing, and wanton destruction”.
Ekweremadu who called for full and immediate security measures to arrest the endless waste of lives and property in troubled parts of the country however said Nigeria would never surrender to brutishness, violence, senseless destruction of human lives as a way of life.
He also condoled with the government and people of Plateau State and the nation in general over the sad losses.