Kwankwaso Blames Leadership Failure For Plateau Attack

Former Kano State Governor and 2023 presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso, has described the latest attack on Plateau State as barbaric and shameful.

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Naija News reports that Kwankwaso, in a statement via his 𝕏 account on Tuesday, blamed leadership failure for the attack in Jos and other parts of the country.

He, however, said such must not be allowed to continue as Nigerians deserve to live in peace, security, and dignity, regardless of their ethnicity or faith.

Extending condolences to those affected by the latest attack, the former Kano State Governor called on the government at all levels to stop treating matters of security as business as usual, but to declare a national emergency on the matter.

He wrote: “The barbaric attack on the Gari Ya Waye community in Angwan Rukuba, Jos, which claimed the lives of no fewer than 27 Nigerians and left many others injured, is yet another tragic and shameful chapter in our nation’s history.

“This senseless bloodshed represents the continuing failure of leadership and the deepening culture of impunity that has turned parts of our country into killing fields. The recurring violence in Plateau State, and indeed across several parts of Nigeria, can no longer be treated as business as usual. It demands to be treated as the national emergency that it was declared to be by the Federal and State Governments.

“Our people deserve the right to live in peace, security, and dignity, regardless of their ethnicity or faith.

“My heartfelt condolences and prayers go to the families of the victims, the injured, and the entire Gari Ya Waye community in this moment of profound grief.”