Wednesday saw a protest outside the National Assembly in Abuja in response to the military drone that killed multiple innocent people on Sunday.
The protesters, who barricaded the National Assembly entrance gate for about two hours, called for the victims of the attack to receive justice and threw caution to the wind by challenging Defence Minister Abubakar Badaru.
Over ninety villagers from Tudun Biri in Rigasa District of Igabi Local Government Area, Kaduna State, lost their lives when a Nigerian Army drone attacked a party of locals celebrating Maulud on Sunday night, according to a report by Obasanjo News24.
According to locals, the incident also resulted in over sixty injuries. Since then, the military has acknowledged the bombing, but it has not provided further information.
Speaking to reporters, Nasir Ishaku, the leader of the demonstrators affiliated with the Arewa Youth Movement and the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) North West Zone, called for justice for the victims.
He declared it intolerable and that innocent Nigerians could no longer be killed, particularly in the country’s north, “on a daily basis.” In order to rescue the nation, Ishaku urged the National Assembly to look into the massacre that occurred in Kaduna on Sunday and to act decisively.
“Let those with eyes see clearly, and let those with ears hear clearly, and let them listen intently,” he uttered. Nigeria is in bad shape since more and more Nigerians are dying there every day.
Since Babaduru took office as Minister of Defence, the nation’s security situation has continued to worsen. These two organisations are morally obligated to voice our complaints since Nigeria is in complete disarray when it comes to property and life security, particularly in the North of the country.
The Nigeria Police Force, the army, the air force, and the navy are among the armed forces that Nigeria continuously loses personnel of. Nobody is aware of the whereabouts of our university students, who are still being held captive. These are the unmistakable signs that the minister lacks the necessary skills to manage that delicate portfolio. He ought to either accept his obligations or step down as a result.
