MSSN Condemns UNIPORT, Mubi Killings, Calls For Adequate Security

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The Muslim Students' Society of Nigeria, MSSN,Lagos State Area Unit, southwest Nigeria, has condemned, in strong terms, the recent murder of four University of Port Harcourt, UNIPORT, students by some natives of Aluu, the over 20 students of the Federal Polytechnic, Mubi, Adamawa State, and the killing of about 14 people by unknown gunmen in Ryom Local government in PlateauState recently.
The Amir of the Unit, Alhaji Qasim Badrudeen,made the condemnation at the Grand Finale of its annual Quran Memorization Competition, held at NAPID Danjuma Hall of the Nigerian Armed Forces Resettlement Centre, NAFRC, Oshodi on Saturday.
He said: "You will agree with us that a major problem that the Nigerian government is yet to resolve is the issue of insecurity. It is sad that despite the huge budgetary allocation to security in 2012 by the Federal Government (N921 billion), and the huge security votes earmarked by respective state governors across the country, Nigerians are still being confronted daily with news of deaths arising from bomb explosions, armed robberies, kidnappings, gun attacks and other violent happenings.
"The recent killing of over 20 students of the Federal Polytechnic, Mubi, Adamawa State, thekilling of about 14 people by unknown gunmen in Ryom Local government in PlateauState during the week and the very recent raid by armed robbers in Lagos State, which led to the death of some people, are pointers that all is not well with the country security-wise. Nigerians now live in fear irrespective of where they reside in the country.
"No one knows when and where the next bomb will go off or when and where kidnappers or armed robbers will strike. In this kind of atmosphere of uncertainty, no meaningful development can take place. We, therefore, call on governments at all levels to give priority attention to the security of lives and property of Nigerians. The security outfits must be further empowered to perform and importantly, they must scale up their intelligence gathering measures in order to prevent any breach of security from occurring," he said.
"Almighty Allah has warned in the Glorious Qur'an that He will not change the condition of a people until they change what is in their hearts. It is in this light that we advise the Federal Government to be sincere in its war on corruption as the current effort, in our opinion, can only be described as 'movement without action.'

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