The Senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Shehu Sani has blamed the frequent killings across Nigeria on the failure of the government in power.

Reacting to a statement credited to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo that President Muhammadu Buhari has no theocratic agenda, Sani tweeted on Monday that those perpetrating the wicked acts were thugs armed by power-drunk politicians.

“There is no country in the whole of the African continent where people are being kidnapped or killed daily at this frequency and numbers. In this area, the Government has failed woefully.

“The Government must protect and guarantee human lives as it does political ambitions and empires,” he tweeted.

“They funded and armed thugs to help them intimidate, maim or kill opponents in order to realize their political ambitions. Now they have abandoned them to constitute a menace to themselves and to the larger society.”

“It’s reassuring to hear from the VP that the President has no theocratic agenda. But what is of urgent importance now is for the FG and respective states to end the mindless killings in the name of religion or ethnicity. And the first step is fairness to people of all faiths,” he added.