Group Mourn Victims of Violent Killings in Nigeria
Groups Mourn Victims of Violent Killings in Nigeria
A non governmental organisation (NGO), Connected Advocacy for Empowerment and Youth Development Initiative and the Global Right, on Tuesday in Benin mourned Nigerians who lost their lives in different violent attacks across the country. To this effect, a procession was held along major roads in Benin City.
The procession which was tagged, "National Day of Mourning" saw protesters troupe out donning black Tee Shirts with inscriptions such as 'Not Just Number Nigeria Mourns, End The Killings'.
The Executive Director of the NGO, Prince Israel Orekha said the 'National Day of Mourning is a citizen-led initiative to express solidarity and demand accountability for the security and welfare of all Nigerians. He said Nigerians are dying on a daily basis but no name can be placed on those who have lost their lives. He noted that the procession is to rekindle the hope of the families of the victims that they are not alone.
His words, "We are always saying people are dying. Whenever you read newspapers you will see 27 people were killed in a community. These 27 people are human beings and they have names, they have families."
He pointed out that government must do everything possible to ensure that there is a decent and befitting program in their honor with the view to putting a name to the number of Nigerians who have been gruesomely killed in different parts of the country.
According to him, "Our people that we lost every day are not a mere number, they are the people that we know. They are the people who are our neighbors, people who are our colleagues and compatriots."
"We want those who have lost people to violent attacks to know that they are not alone, that the nation is with them".
Prince Israel Orekha noted that the only honor Nigerians can give to those that have died in such circumstances was to count, name and recognize that they come from home. He called on Nigeria government to be alive and wake up to their responsibility in protecting lives and properties. He expressed worry on the alarming rate at which life has become valueless in the country.
National Day of Mourning was consequent to the resolutions reached at a meeting of more than a hundred civil society actors a year ago in Abuja, to undertake a National Day of Mourning as a symbolic action capable of registering citizens’ dissatisfaction with the state of our national security, since protests no longer seem to impact the conscience of our political elites.
A non governmental organisation (NGO), Connected Advocacy for Empowerment and Youth Development Initiative and the Global Right, on Tuesday in Benin mourned Nigerians who lost their lives in different violent attacks across the country. To this effect, a procession was held along major roads in Benin City.
The procession which was tagged, "National Day of Mourning" saw protesters troupe out donning black Tee Shirts with inscriptions such as 'Not Just Number Nigeria Mourns, End The Killings'.
The Executive Director of the NGO, Prince Israel Orekha said the 'National Day of Mourning is a citizen-led initiative to express solidarity and demand accountability for the security and welfare of all Nigerians. He said Nigerians are dying on a daily basis but no name can be placed on those who have lost their lives. He noted that the procession is to rekindle the hope of the families of the victims that they are not alone.
His words, "We are always saying people are dying. Whenever you read newspapers you will see 27 people were killed in a community. These 27 people are human beings and they have names, they have families."
He pointed out that government must do everything possible to ensure that there is a decent and befitting program in their honor with the view to putting a name to the number of Nigerians who have been gruesomely killed in different parts of the country.
According to him, "Our people that we lost every day are not a mere number, they are the people that we know. They are the people who are our neighbors, people who are our colleagues and compatriots."
"We want those who have lost people to violent attacks to know that they are not alone, that the nation is with them".
Prince Israel Orekha noted that the only honor Nigerians can give to those that have died in such circumstances was to count, name and recognize that they come from home. He called on Nigeria government to be alive and wake up to their responsibility in protecting lives and properties. He expressed worry on the alarming rate at which life has become valueless in the country.
National Day of Mourning was consequent to the resolutions reached at a meeting of more than a hundred civil society actors a year ago in Abuja, to undertake a National Day of Mourning as a symbolic action capable of registering citizens’ dissatisfaction with the state of our national security, since protests no longer seem to impact the conscience of our political elites.
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