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Nigeria’s former vice-president, Atiku Abubakar, has reacted to the anti-Igbo song, mocking people of Igbo origin and also wishing them dead.
The song is currently circulating in some parts of the nation.
The Waziri Adamawa, in a statement through his media office and made available to ALEDEH, said he totally and unequivocally condemn this development, while calling on all men of goodwill to rise against this evil.
The statement read “This song is reminiscent of the beginnings of the Rwanda Genocide. Nigerians need to be aware that the Rwanda Genocide was believed to have been ignited by a song titled Nanga Abahutu (I hate Hutus), sung by Rwanda’s then most popular musician, Simon Bikindi. God forbid that we should have such a déjà vu in Nigeria.
“I call on the security agencies to thoroughly and decisively swing into action and apprehend, try, convict and severely punish those behind this ungodly song which incites racial hatred. Simon Bikindi was convicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for igniting and aiding the Rwandan genocide.
Thus, let those who think they can treat their fellow citizens so unjustly know that within and outside Nigeria exist mechanisms that will ensure they answer to their crimes.
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“I call on all men of goodwill to remember those immortal lines from our former National Anthem “though tribe and tongue may differ, in brotherhood we stand”.
Atiku, also said that the result if hatred in any part of the country, will give way to what happened over the weekend in Ozobulu, Ahambra State.
“The effects of hate in any shape or form were made even more evident over the weekend, in a mass shooting incident that left many of us reeling with shock”
While using the opportunity to commiserate with the Ozobulu community over the sad incident., he said “I commiserate with the people of Ozubulu in Anambra State, who lost family members in the fatal shooting that also left almost a score injured. I pray that peace will return to their minds and their community soon, even as the police work hard to get to the bottom of the matter. May God comfort them as no man can.
“The difference between us as Nigerians is not a difference in our tribe or our religion. It was and remains a difference based on whether we are good Nigerians or bad Nigerians, and I am very certain that the good Nigerians far outnumber the very few bad ones” Atiku Said.
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