Former Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, Emeka Anyaoku, has urged the Federal Nigerian Government to prosecute perpetrators of crimes across the country.
According to him, this would curb the menace of rising cases of killings across the country.
The call was made by Anyaoku during this year’s summit and award ceremony of Merchants of Light School’s Old Boys’ Association Worldwide which took place at Oba in Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State.
The summit was themed ‘Alumni Engagement in the Management and Improvement of their Alma Mater’.
Also, he enjoined the government to send military forces to arrest and punish those behind the killings to serve as deterrents to others.
He said: “The Federal Government should devote efforts to find those responsible for these killings.
“What’s particularly depressing is that these killings occur and nobody seems to be held responsible and charged accordingly.
“The first thing the government should do is to deploy its agencies and forces to apprehend those perpetuating the killings because that’s the only way to address the problem.
“If they’re apprehended, prosecuted and punished, that would serve as a deterrent to others to continue the killings.”
