Nigerians are protesting the high level of insecurity in the country, which has claimed the lives of innocent ones.
The protesting citizens from different ethnic groups also wrote a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari, demanding an urgent action to put an end to the killings.
This comes few days after the daughter of the Afenifere’s National Leader, Funke Olakunrin was killed by suspected herdsmen.
The group in their statement said, “The painful and gruesome killing of our dear sister, aunt and mother, Mrs. Funke Olakurin, the daughter of our father and an elder statesman, Pa Fasoranti by suspected Fulani herdsmen, has in the last couple days brought to the fore, the terrible experience of the ordinary people and local communities in the hands of these herdsmen.
“This is one death too many. May her soul and many others killed by these barbarians continue to rest in peace.
“Several of our farmers have been killed, maimed, assaulted, their wives and daughters raped and brutalized and many have abandoned their farms and lands and become destitute in other places.
“No one is making up these stories, and we can boldly say they have even been underreported in the media.
“If Nigeria must endure and remain united in peace, development and prosperity, social justice must be enthroned”.
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