Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has assured that the Federal Government will not watch Nigerians being killed without doing anything.
Nigeria has witnessed killings as a result of clashes between herdsmen and farmers, notably in the North Central.
However, Osinbajo who spoke on Wednesday at a leadership and stakeholders’ meeting in Lafia, the Nasrawa State, urged leaders across the country to rise up to the task andd tackle insecurity.
“Leadership loses relevance where there is no peace and the people are running all over the place and are unable to find security,” the Vice President added.
“You and I are responsible before God, there is no leader or any religion that will promote the killing of other people and that is why it is the responsibility of all of us as leaders to ensure that no life is lost whether that life is Tiv, Fulani, or whatever that life may be.
“God has placed us in positions of leadership so that we would protect lives, and they do not have to be lives of those who speak the same language with us or belong our religion or tribe.
As stated by him, “God established us as leaders because He believes that we are responsible enough not to allow a situation where people will be killed and we look the other way because they did not belong to our tribe, our religion or not agree with us.
“He has given us a role which goes beyond that of the common man. Leadership is a God given duty and we must do what God expects of us.
“On the part of government, it is our business to provide security. We have deployed special forces and we intend to do more in all the states where we have had these crisis.
“Mr President, just about two days ago, was reviewing the position in both Benue and Nasarawa states, especially the special forces that have been deployed to ensure the crisis comes to an end.”