Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has reacted to the explosion which rocked the United Nations’ building in Abuja on Friday. He said the government and the populace must condemn the attack.
He urged Nigerians to unite at this time against the attack, which he described as senseless.
“We cannot just take it. We have to reject it in its entirety for whatever reason or purpose,” he said.
Obasanjo, who spoke from Sierra Leone in a telephone conversation with journalists in Ogun State, stated that the development was not in the interest of the country.
He said, “It is condemnable. This is unfair. It is unfair to do that at a place where we have both our people and foreigners working for the peace and unity of the world. I do not want to know where it is coming from or those it was meant to target, it is not in the best interest of those who do it or Nigeria as a country.”
He urged the international community to “stand solidly with us in ensuring that the perpetrators are fished out and brought to book so that this type of senseless attack is not repeated.”
The ex-president condoled with those who lost dear loved ones in the explosion, adding, “It is saddening to hear this again.”
By Gbenga Adeniji, Abeokuta Courtesy Of: Punch
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