President Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed shock and condemnation over the number of deaths and widespread destruction in Kaduna and has blamed Nigerian leaders for failing to prevent the violence there, 'The Guardian' reported.
"One thing is clear, Chritianity or Islam, whatever religion we proclaim our leaders have failed," Obasanjo said during an assessment tour of the badly damaged areas of the city on Monday. "I feel very sad for what I have seen because I could not imagine the magnitude of destruction that took place." He urged all leaders, religious, traditional, and political,
to start on reconciliation moves at the local and state levels to restore confidence between the affected communities.
Obasanjo said that the events in Kaduna have implications for the whole country and questioned the moral values of a nation which allowed a boy of 13 or 14 to take up a machete and hack someone to death, according to 'The Guardian.'
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