Jos Killings Barbaric, Heinous – Ahmed Musa

• Demands FG’s action against ‘barbaric’ action

Super Eagles captain, Ahmed Musa, has challenged the Federal Government and security agencies to end the ‘barbaric’ killings across the country.

Speaking against the backdrop of a recent attack leading to the death of almost two dozen people in Plateau state, Musa expressed sadness at the senseless and unending murders that continue to haunt the nation.

Musa, who now plays for the Turkish Super Lig side, Fatih Karagumruk, took to his social media account to share his grief on Sunday after 22 people were killed while several others were injured during a road trip on Saturday morning.

Travellers were coming from a religious event in Bauchi, a North-Eastern state in Nigeria, in a convoy of buses when they were attacked at Rukuba road, in Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State.

According to a police statement, 33 victims have been rescued even as President Muhammadu Buhari condemned the killing as a “wickedly motivated attack” on innocent people.

The Nigerian International, however, could not hide his pain as he shared a picture of the travellers on his page with a prayer for peace for his home state, Plateau, and the entire country.

“The killings of the innocent travellers that came all the way from Bauchi State after Islamic New year Zikr heading to their various destination and got intercepted at Rukuba Road of Jos North is heinous and barbaric,” Musa wrote on Instagram.

“I’m calling on the Government and relevant authorities to take measures in curtailing the future occurrence of such barbaric act. May their souls rest in peace and may peace reign in our dear State and Nigeria as a whole”, he said

Other Super Eagles stars, including Kenneth Omeruo and William Troost-Ekong, also expressed their grief by posting broken heart emojis as comments under Musa’s post.

Prior to the update about happenings in his home state, the former Leicester City and Kano Pillars star had a memorable debut outing in the Turkish Super Lig on Saturday.

Musa scored the match-winning goal on the stroke of full-time as newly-promoted Fatih Karagumruk defeated Gaziantep 3-2.