The protests in response to the killing of a black American, George Floyd, by police officers in Minneapolis, United States, resonated in the Nigerian Senate, sparking controversy over similar acts of hatred in the country.
While coming under “Personal Explanation,” the Deputy Minority Leader, Emmanuel Bwacha, had drawn the Senate’s attention to the public outcry that greeted not only the killing of Floyd but also a broader protest over police violence against other black people in the United States.
Bwacha said the incident was an open demonstration of hatred, which every reasonable person in the world have condemned.
The Taraba State lawmaker, however, noted that Nigeria lacked the moral justification to condemn the United States.
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He pointed at acts of similar hatred that have over the years, turned the Nigerian people against one another.
While preaching peace and unity, Bwacha said Nigerians can pick lessons from the ugly incident in the United States and learn to live in unity and harmony and stop hating unnecessarily.
Editor: Ifeanyi Mark
