Nigeria’s Pop icon, has added his voice to the growing
list of eminent Nigerians that have already spoken about the provocating murder
of the UNIPORT students.Yesterday, MI Abaga blogged his feelings on the tragedy
and today, the kokomaster has aired his very thought provoking and passionate
view as a Youth Ambassador and as a Nigerian.
In his words.....
They were my brothers…and yours.
Four days ago, I woke up to yet another unspeakable
tragedy.
Four young men, all undergraduates, brimming with great dreams,
unfulfilled aspirations and a promising future were killed. To express the
depth of my pain and shock at their murder is impossible. And understanding how
events could have degenerated to this level is truthfully beyond me.
Lloyd, Ugo, Tekana and Chidiaka
Four promising young men whose lives were interwoven in
one way or the other with yours and mine. I mourn deeply with the families of
these young men because this is OUR collective loss. They were our colleagues,
our classmates, our neighbors, our brothers… our friends.
We are NOT a nation of barbarians. We CAN follow due
processes and procedures. We MUST fight together as ONE NATION to ensure that
Justice as a whole is served, and as a PROCESS, is duly followed-ALWAYS.
We can only try to make meaning of this senseless tragedy
by ensuring that this WILL not happen again, by affirming that the pursuit of
justice does not in any way entitle any of us to the willful elimination of
other people’s lives and by ensuring that we, as youths, do not destroy the
honorable mantle placed on us as the future of our nation, by eliminating our
present.
Aluu 4 and Mubi 40, Rest In Perfect Peace.
God Bless Nigeria
Oladapo Daniel Oyebanjo
D’banj
UN Youth Ambassador for Peace
