The
former President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria and the
Archbishop of Abuja, John Onayekan has asked the current administration to resign
if it can no longer protect and secure the lives of Nigerians.
Bishopn
Onayekan made the call during an interview with newsmen after the ordination of
the Auxillary Bishop of Minna Diocese.
He condemned
the latest trend of dialoguing with the bandits in the country and urged the
government to stop pretending to be in charge when it was obvious that
non-state actors have taken over the country.
“If
the government cannot secure the lives of the people, they should call for a
kind of national cohesion. They should stop pretending that they are the ones
ruling. In some countries when these incidents happen, it gets to a stage where
the government will call for national unity where everyone comes on board to
proffer solutions.”
Onayekan
said the government has no excuse for the current insecurity in parts of the
country.
He
warned that if the government does not take a definite step, there will be a
revolt that would be dangerous to the people.
Onayekan
said, “The fact remains that we are not where we should be. We should not be
living in a country where we are always with our hearts in our mouth when we
are moving from one place to another”
“We
should not be living in a country where the children cannot study in schools
and where bandits can come and cart away students and their teachers into the
bush and sit there and boast for dialogue.
“Sadly,
we have people who claim to be our leaders who during elections forced us,
begged us and cajoled us to put them in power, now that they are in power, do
your work for goodness sake.”
He
insisted that the fight against banditry and criminality in the country is not
political, ethical or religious, but goes deeper than that.
“This
has nothing to do with APC or PDP, it is not political and we have also seen
that it has nothing to do with Islam or Christianity, not even with our ethical
differences. We have a gang of criminals that are almost taking over our
country and the government should either do it or allow others to do it,” the
clergyman added.
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