Emmanuel Aziken, Kingsley Omonobi, Daniel Idonor, Luka Binniyat and Susan Edeh
21 April 2011
Abuja — President Goodluck Jonathan, this morning, vowed to use all the instruments of his office to return every section of the country to normalcy vowing that violence triggered by the outcome of the presidential election would be suppressed with every available legal force.
President Jonathan in a nationwide broadcast this morning declared that “Enough is Enough” of the violence which he warned could lead the country towards the path of some of its worse tragedies.
Noting the attacks on some of the country’s revered institutions including traditional rulers and members of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, the President declared that he had handed over the personal security of NYSC members to the state Governors who he said would guarantee the personal safety of the NYSC members. He said that the violence was aimed at stopping the remaining round of elections.
The President’s response came as the Federal Executive Council, yesterday, ordered a full-scale investigation into the incident and vowed to punish all those involved in the mass murder.
The president spoke against the background of the widespread violence in the northern section of the country arising from the declaration of the results of the 2011 presidential election which he won.
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