Femi- Fani Kayode condemns the slaughter of young IPOB members in Enugu

I deplore and condemn the slaughter of young IPOB members in Enugu yesterday by the Federal Government-controlled security forces.
Butchering innocent and defenceless young people who were not carrying arms simply because they were having a meeting does not make sense and does not help matters.
Rather it strengthens their cause, hardens their hearts, emboldens their resolve, legitimises their struggle and wins them sympathy and new friends all over the world.
It is also a crime against humanity and those that carry out such murderous operations and dole out such orders become automatic candidates for the International Criminal Court at the Hague.
Repression fuels the struggle for liberation and freedom rather than stifle it. The more IPOB youths are killed the more their ranks will swell.
I call on the Buhari administration to stop this open display of sociopathic madness and gratuitous violence against it’s own citizens and to be more tolerant, accommodating and restrained.
I call for a cessation of hostilities and state-sponsored violence and on the Federal Government to lift the ban on IPOB and enter into negotiations with them before it is too late.
We must build bridges and not burn them. We must have the courage to talk to those who we may disagree with but who genuinly feel hurt and aggrieved and bring them back to the table.
We must find a more civilised and humane way to resolve our differences.