A former Minister of Education, Mrs. Oby Ezekwesili, has said the country is on the edge of a precipice.
Ezekwesili, a former Vice-President of the World Bank, spoke with journalists in Abuja on Sunday on the Mubi massacre and the killing of four students of University of Port Harcourt by a mob.
The UNIPORT students were alleged to have stolen laptops and telephones.
Ezekwesili said she was devastated that the students were burnt and videotaped in Port Harcourt, the state capital, by the killers.
The former minister said, “I am shaken; I am outraged, I am devastated, I feel mortally wounded.
“The situations in Mubi and Port Harcourt were terrible. Did you see the video-recording of how students were killed in Port Harcourt?
“Is this not the same country where it is emotionally difficult when you see a corpse on the street?
“I am sorry; I am totally outraged like any decent citizen of a nation that we love. The killings were barbaric, mere savagery and very devastating.
“We are getting to the precipice and we need to pull ourselves back. The government has to take full responsibility; it has to be in charge to prevent anarchy.
“The only way out is for the government to prove that it is really in charge.”
She said it was obvious that some people were acting or behaving as if there were no people in charge of the government.
“Something is fundamentally wrong with our society: To see the dastardly mob’s killing of four misguided youths (in Port Harcourt) who stole, sank my optimism. No! Even in death, these four must get justice. My voice shall be heard on this. What have we become?” almost sobbing.
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