“The development is heart-wrenching and absolutely unacceptable. Such antisocial and despicable behaviour will never be acceptable to all people of good conscience, and all of us will unite to fight this to a logical conclusion. I call on the security agencies to get to the root of this dastardly act with a view to bringing the mindless perpetrators to book. I similarly call on anyone with valuable information to volunteer same to the security agencies.
“I sincerely commiserate with the parents of the deceased, her course/ housemates, and the university community on this sad incident, while praying the Almighty God to repose her soul. I join every person of good conscience to seek justice for Blessing so that such callous action and its perpetrators will never find a foothold in our society. I hereby send strong warnings that we will not tolerate indiscriminate violence against any person, much less the girl child.
In a statement issued on Friday and jointly signed by the forum’s chairman and secretary, Hon.Abraham Ashaolu and Hon. Isiaka Mogaji, respectively, it described the incident as heartbreaking and unwarranted. The former parliamentarians called on security agencies to as a matter of urgency investigate the heinous act with a view to apprehending and prosecuting the perpetrators.