You will recall that the students- Chidika, Ugonna, Lloyd, and Tekena- were allegedly lynched by a mob in the area on October 5, over allegation of stealing laptops and phones.
Speaking at a press conference in Ikeja on the theme; "Nigerian's Hobbesian State of Nature...A portent of coming tragedy," Chairman of the Ikeja branch, Mr Monday Ubani, also condemned the October 1, 2012 attack on a student's hostel in Mubi, Adamawa State, which claimed the life of about 24 students in cold blood.
First vice- chairman of the association, Adesina Ogunlana, who spoke on behalf of Ubani, argued that, "Most Nigerians know that their country is far from being healthy and is in reality not a good place to live in a statehood that the ordinary national of citizen could be proud of.
"What made the Omuokiri-Aluu killings more outrageous, despite the fewer number of killings is because, the show, utterly barbaric firm of dispatch- four hours of lynching.
"The killers were not faceless, or few, but a community of lynch mob.
"The lynching was partly recorded on video and broadcast to the whole world via the internet."
Ubani maintained that the culture of lynching seems to be entrenched in Nigeria, adding that it is not only done by irate mobs, but also by uninformed killers.
The Ikeja NBA boss also noted that the country had always been ruled by those he describes as Philistines and wicked Klepto-maniacs, who according to Ubani loot and convert to their use and waste the wealth and resources of the country.
"The result of the mismanagement of the Nigerian state by her so called leaders in all her tiers of government is for everyone to see mass poverty, illiteracy, failure of the public sector and to us, the greatest evil of all is the mass bastardly of the moral values of the Nigerian people.
"Life has become so cheap and valueless for us collectively.
"We need a collective re-orientation especially from our homes and religious institutions to the effect that life, human rights are too important to be taken, abused or destroyed so lightly.
"Nigerians to achieve this cannot depend on the leadership cadre of this country.
"We must find our salvation ourselves," he added.
The ikeja NBA also called for the sanction of all those involved in what it termed the despicable security future in Aluu.
Ubani also suggested appropriate compensation of the families of the victims of Aluu killings.
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