The representative of Kaduna Central Senatorial District in the 8th National Assembly, Senator Shehu Sani, has appealed to youths in northern Nigeria against avenging the murder of the late All Progressives Congress Chieftain, Ahmed Gulak, who was killed on Sunday.
Gulak was murdered by some gunmen in Owerri, the Imo State capital, on his way to catch his flight at the Sam Mbakwe Airport.
Sani, in a statement on Monday morning, condemned the action of the gunmen and said it was an attempt to cause an inter-tribal conflict.
He said the fact that the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, had dissociated itself from the murder, showed that it was a purely criminal action.
He, therefore, pleaded with his kinsmen in the North to avoid a major conflict with the Igbo by not revenging Gulak’s death.
Part of Sani’s statement read, “The cold blood murder of Ahmed Gulak in Owerri stands unreservedly condemned.
“The murder has all the elements of some forces trying to trigger an inter-ethnic war between Northerners and the Igbo.
“We must resist that plot. The statement by IPOB dissociating themselves from such despicable and barbaric act and even extending their condolences to the family of the late Gulak should be accepted in good faith.
“The police and other associated security agencies should do a diligent investigation and look beyond hurried finger-pointing. May Allah grant Ahmed Gulak Aljanna firdausi.Amin.”
Meanwhile, the South-East Caucus in the National Assembly has asked the Inspector General of Police, Alkali Baba, to arrest Gulak killers and end the growing violence in the region by bringing the perpetrators to justice.
The federal lawmakers stated this in a press statement jointly signed by them and issued in Abuja on late Sunday evening, titled, ‘South East NASS Caucus decry attacks, killings in South-East’.
They insisted that agitations for resource control and restructuring was in order but should follow the necessary process of engagement.
Part of the statement read, “We, the South-East Caucus of the NASS, as leaders and major stakeholders in the region, have observed with surprise the sudden spike in violence in the region known for its calm, love and peaceful disposition to visitors irrespective of tribe and religion.
“We have had cause always to deploy the instrumentalities of the institution of state to alert the government of Nigeria about some of the vexed issues of injustice, inequity and obvious marginalisation of the South-East in the governance structure.
