Catholic Bishops of Ibadan Ecclesiastical Province have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to address the security challenges in the country.
The Bishops urged President Buhari to“wake up and do more than pay mere lip service to the issue of security in Nigeria.”
This was contained in a statement signed and issued by the president of the province and Archbishop of Ibadan Archdiocese, Most Rev. Gabriel Abegunrin.
The statement read: “Things have become much worse. Nigeria is in security dire-straits. Only a few Nigerians in any part of the country can sleep with two eyes closed.
“Nigerians are being slaughtered daily by terrorists, criminals and so-called herdsmen on the roads, in their farms and even in their homes.
“With the security architecture in Nigeria seemingly on auto-pilot, the country is clearly drifting and needs decisive action to restore professionalism and effectiveness.”
Earlier, The Herald reported that President Muhammadu Buhari eulogized Lawan Andimi, chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Michika local government area of Adamawa, killed by Boko Haram.
President Buhari in a statement, however, condemned the terrorists’ efforts to divide Christians and Muslims in Africa’s most populous state.
He said: “Nigerians everywhere, those of belief and those of none, are mourning the death of pastor Lawan Andimi, taken from us by Boko Haram for his refusal to denounce his Christian faith.
“I did not know Pastor Andimi personally. Yet Nigerians and I both know him and his church by their works: healing, caring, feeding and educating, particularly in the northeastern regions of my country—in those areas threatened for too long by terrorists.
“Every day, the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria (EYN) places itself there bravely where the brotherhood of man is most in need of sustenance.
“Pastor Andimi’s ministry was located only 60 miles from the town of Chibok, from where in 2014 the world witnessed the shocking kidnapping of 267 schoolgirls.”
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