ACN condoles with families of security agents killed in Nasarawa

The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has condoled with the families of the security agents killed by a militia group in Nasarawa State.

It described the killing as brutal and calamitous.

In a statement issued in Abuja yesterday by its National Publicity

Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party prayed that God should grant the families the fortitude to bear the losses and also grant eternal rest to the victims.

It urged the Federal Government to ensure that the wives, children and other dependants of the slain security personnel are catered for to minimise the impact of their bereavement.

ACN decried the rate at which insurgents and militia groups are targetting and killing security agents.

It said the development was unacceptable and barbaric.

The party enjoined the authorities to declare a zero tolerance for the killing of security agents by ensuring that those who perpetrate such killings are fished out and brought to justice.

It also called for continuous training and provision of equipment for the security agents so that they could protect themselves while carrying out their constitutional responsibilities of protecting lives and property.

“A poorly-trained, poorly-motivated and inadequately- kitted security agent is a soft target for the kind of stone-age marauders now rampaging our country,” ACN said.

The party hailed the police authorities for assuring

that there would be no reprisal against the community where the dastardly killings occurred in Nasarawa State and for opting for negotiation rather than violence to secure the release of the policemen still said to be in the custody of the militia.

“By that singular act, the authorities have portrayed the Nigeria Police as a civilised force, which has respect for its rules of engagement, unlike the medieval groups that have been so quick to take the lives of those saddled

by the State with protecting lives and property.

“We have always warned the security agencies against descending to the level of the barbarians, who have been unleashing violence against them, and we are glad our gallant men and women in uniform have heeded this warning. That does notmean the perpetrators must be allowed to get away with their heinous crime. It only means that innocent people will not bear the brunt of their actions,” ACN said.

 

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ACN condoles with families of security agents killed in Nasarawa

The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has condoled with the families of the security agents killed by a militia group in Nasarawa State.

It described the killing as brutal and calamitous.

In a statement issued in Abuja yesterday by its National Publicity

Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party prayed that God should grant the families the fortitude to bear the losses and also grant eternal rest to the victims.

It urged the Federal Government to ensure that the wives, children and other dependants of the slain security personnel are catered for to minimise the impact of their bereavement.

ACN decried the rate at which insurgents and militia groups are targetting and killing security agents.

It said the development was unacceptable and barbaric.

The party enjoined the authorities to declare a zero tolerance for the killing of security agents by ensuring that those who perpetrate such killings are fished out and brought to justice.

It also called for continuous training and provision of equipment for the security agents so that they could protect themselves while carrying out their constitutional responsibilities of protecting lives and property.

“A poorly-trained, poorly-motivated and inadequately- kitted security agent is a soft target for the kind of stone-age marauders now rampaging our country,” ACN said.

The party hailed the police authorities for assuring

that there would be no reprisal against the community where the dastardly killings occurred in Nasarawa State and for opting for negotiation rather than violence to secure the release of the policemen still said to be in the custody of the militia.

“By that singular act, the authorities have portrayed the Nigeria Police as a civilised force, which has respect for its rules of engagement, unlike the medieval groups that have been so quick to take the lives of those saddled

by the State with protecting lives and property.

“We have always warned the security agencies against descending to the level of the barbarians, who have been unleashing violence against them, and we are glad our gallant men and women in uniform have heeded this warning. That does notmean the perpetrators must be allowed to get away with their heinous crime. It only means that innocent people will not bear the brunt of their actions,” ACN said.

 

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