Update: Sultan, CAN Condemn Bus Station Blast........

Scene of the bomb blast

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has condemned the early Monday morning explosion at Nyanya park, Abuja, and called for collective efforts toward addressing insecurity in the country.
Abubakar made the remarks during the Central Council meeting of the Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI) meeting on Monday in Kaduna.
The Sultan condemned the act, commiserated with families of the deceased victims and prayed to God to grant eternal rest to the departed.
He said “we never thought that such things will ever come to Nigeria some years back, but they are with us right now. It is left for us to wake up from our deep slumber and face the challenges.
“We condemn what happened this morning in Nyanya, Abuja, and we pray that almighty Allah will expose whoever is behind it and all other mayhems in this country fast.

The Sultan urged Nigerians to discard ethno-religious sentiments and strive toward promoting peaceful coexistence and harmony.
“All hands must be on deck to find a lasting solution to this problem. It is high time we put sentiments aside, sentiment of religion, sentiment of ethnicity and see how we can take our country out of these killings.’’
The Sultan, therefore, reiterated the commitment of religious and traditional leaders toward promoting peace, and urged governments at all levels to put more efforts toward addressing the security challenges facing the nation.
Governor Ramalan Yero, also urged Nigerians to follow the tenets of their religion, which preached peace and sanctity of human lives.
Yero called for fervent prayers and urged citizens to shun vices.
The governor urged religious organisations to assist government toward tackling poverty, insecurity, unemployment and high rate of illiteracy among the people by initiating programmes that would address the problems.
The Christian Association of Nigeria also condemned the bomb blast, describing it as inhuman.
Pastor Simon Dolly, the National President of the Youth Wing of CAN, made the condemnation in Abuja in a chat with the News Agency of Nigeria.
He urged the Federal Government to avoid a recurrence of such unfortunate incidence, saying “it is a threat to national unity.’’
Dolly advised government to take more proactive security measures to protect lives and property.