Following the brutal murder of 3 soldiers in Aba, Abia State recently, the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon.
Benjamin Okezie Kalu has paid a condolence visit to the 144 Infantry Battalion Headquarters in Asa, Ukwa West Local Government Area of the State where he declared that there was no justification for the mindless killing of military personnel on duty by yet-to-be identified gunmen.
He said: “In a time when we are trying to see how to encourage the soldiers who we believe need more for the sacrifice they make for this nation, the police, they need more, all the security agencies, they need more; “And he has been selling this to the rank of fire, saying, everything cannot be solved through gun. We can negotiate, we can talk, we can apply other skills. Not because they are weak, but because by their training, they are trying to employ a better approach to spill less blood.“If you allow the military to be angry in this state, none of us will be safe. If they get angry and say they want to retaliate, we will not be safe in this Abia state.
“Those people are not even supposed to be punished privately or in secret. They should be punished publicly so that others will learn from it. We say no to the spilling of blood. “We are standing by all that Mr. President said that you have to find those who did this but in doing so, may the innocent not suffer”.
“Let your strength show in this peace while you investigate. Let your strength show in not punishing the innocent. You have all it takes to grab every community, everywhere. But let not be innocent be punished. We will keep preaching peace. We will keep holding your hand. And we ask you to keep holding our hands to make sure that the place remains peaceful.
“You are not alone. Weep no more. I know it is difficult but we are standing with you. That was why we decided to show you the first sign of love. We didn’t come empty handed.
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