Protesters Storm National Assembly Over Kaduna Village Bombing

• Ishaku asked the National Assembly to look into the massacre that occurred in Kaduna on Sunday and to act decisively.
• The military later acknowledged the bombing and provided further information.

On December 6, protesters broke into the National Assembly building in Abuja on Wednesday in response to the deaths of multiple civilians by a military drone on Sunday.

Demonstrators barricaded the National Assembly entry gate for almost two hours, calling for the victims of the attack to receive justice and applying pressure on Minister of Defence Abubakar Badaru to either resign or complete his duties.

The Nigerian Army’s drone attacked a crowd of civilians celebrating Maulud on Sunday night, killing over ninety of the villagers of Tudun Biri in the Rigasa District of the Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

According to locals, the event also resulted in over sixty injuries.

The military later acknowledged the bombing and provided further information.

Addressing reporters, the leader of the protesters under the aegis of National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) North West Zone, and Arewa Youth Movement, Nasir Ishaku, demanded justice for the victims.

He declared it intolerable and said innocent Nigerians could no longer be killed, particularly in the country’s north, “daily.”

To rescue the nation, Ishaku asked the National Assembly to look into the massacre that occurred in Kaduna on Sunday and to act decisively.

He said: “For those who have eyes to see, let them see well, and those who have ears to hear, let them listen attentively. Nigeria is not well because Nigerians are being killed day by day.

“The security situation in the country keeps deteriorating since his (Badaru) inception as Minister of Defence. These two organisations have a moral obligation to express our grievances because Nigeria is in shambles in terms of the security of lives and property, most especially, in Northern Nigeria.

“Nigeria keeps losing members of the armed forces which include the army, the air force, the navy, and members of the Nigeria Police Force. Our university students are still in captivity and no one knows their whereabouts. These are the clear indications that the minister is incompetent to handle that sensitive ministry. Therefore, he should wake up to his responsibilities or resign.”