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The leadership of the Labour Party has denounced the senseless killing of five soldiers deployed to protect the citizens of Abia State, following the Thursday’s Biafran Day celebration.
The party. however, urged the Nigerian military not to retaliate by going after innocent citizens, but after the actual brutal killers.
“Unknown gunmen or whatever names they chose to bear do not deserve to be spared. They have caused untold and unnecessary pains to the South East and deserved to be wiped out but we urge that the military response to this latest act of provocation must be measured and targeted at these elements alone,” LP said.
Meanwhile, the party, thinks that Abia State has remained the most peaceful state in the whole of South East obviously due to the untiring efforts of the state government to weed the state of all criminal elements in the last year.
“We urge the military not to fall into the bait set by these men who will soon meet their Waterloo. Abia State has witnessed massive developmental strides in the area of infrastructure, and has been turning into an investment haven; we therefore urge the military not to allow this unfortunate incident to recede the progress.
“The military’s threat to retaliate with a fierce response and to bring ‘overwhelming military pressure on the group to ensure their total defeat’ is a fact, but it is a threat with the potential to engendering a humanitarian crisis if the retaliation turns out to be occupational, indiscriminate and unrestricted.
“News from Aba and its environment is scary as youths and young men are reported to have started deserting the area for fear of their lives.”
The party warned that the perpetrators must have certainly fled from the area, leaving the Innocent and the vulnerable at the mercy of the military./PLEASE SHARE
