Tuesday, 30 August 2011
The Former Vice-President, Atiku
Abubakar, has condemned the
suicide bomb attack on the UN
office in Abuja, maintaining that
mindless violence is counter-
productive to peace and
progress.
Reacting to the latest bomb
incident in the nation’s federal
capital in a press statement, the
former vice-president noted that
indiscriminate violence against
the innocent could not solve any
problem in any society.
According to him, there was no
alternative to dialogue and
peaceful resolution of conflicts.
He explained that, as an
international institution,
committed to the peace and well-
being of humanity, the United
Nations staff should be
protected at all times rather than
being put in harm’s way for
whatever reason.
Abubakar argued that violence
against the innocent desecrated
the principle on the sanctity of
life, which had been preached by
all religions of the world.
He warned that uncontrolled
violence could paralyse the
society, thereby, undermining
the pursuit of happiness.
On the appalling new security
challenges currently confronting
Nigeria, the former vice-
president had welcomed the
involvement of international
experts to unravel the extent,
nature, dimension and global
connection to these incidents of
bomb attacks, which were
relatively new in Nigeria.
He said the seeming paralysis in
the nation’s response to these
challenges called for global
collaboration because Nigeria
was dealing with a hitherto
unknown crime of this
destructive scale.
In his words, “our security men
are not
The Former Vice-President, Atiku
Abubakar, has condemned the
suicide bomb attack on the UN
office in Abuja, maintaining that
mindless violence is counter-
productive to peace and
progress.
Reacting to the latest bomb
incident in the nation’s federal
capital in a press statement, the
former vice-president noted that
indiscriminate violence against
the innocent could not solve any
problem in any society.
According to him, there was no
alternative to dialogue and
peaceful resolution of conflicts.
He explained that, as an
international institution,
committed to the peace and well-
being of humanity, the United
Nations staff should be
protected at all times rather than
being put in harm’s way for
whatever reason.
Abubakar argued that violence
against the innocent desecrated
the principle on the sanctity of
life, which had been preached by
all religions of the world.
He warned that uncontrolled
violence could paralyse the
society, thereby, undermining
the pursuit of happiness.
On the appalling new security
challenges currently confronting
Nigeria, the former vice-
president had welcomed the
involvement of international
experts to unravel the extent,
nature, dimension and global
connection to these incidents of
bomb attacks, which were
relatively new in Nigeria.
He said the seeming paralysis in
the nation’s response to these
challenges called for global
collaboration because Nigeria
was dealing with a hitherto
unknown crime of this
destructive scale.
In his words, “our security men
are not
