ADVICE FOR RELIGION LEADERS
Nigerian Bishops: ‘Stop Playing Politics, Protect Innocent Citizens’
By Illia Djadi, World Watch Monitor On October 5, 2014
As Nigeria tragically bleeds and burns, we Bishops are really alarmed at the scale of human and material destruction, and the disruption of village and community life with increased levels of hatred and potentials for more conflicts in the nation. While Muslims are sometimes targets of these de-structive attacks, Christians, Churches and non- Muslims in general are the principal targets for extermination, expropriation and expulsion by the Boko Haram insurgents, the perpetrators of all these destructions''.
The Bishops accuse the government of not doing enough to stop violence and killings.
"In the face of this Boko Haram group and other criminal militias arming themselves beyond our le-gitimate government, and brazenly killing innocent, defenseless citizens, our government must do more than it is currently doing to safeguard our lives and defend our nation.
''It must do more than it is currently doing to fight off and disarm these actual destroyers of Nigerians and Nigeria. It must do more than it is currently doing to prevent segments of our nation from drifting into anarchy and mutual self-destruction and to bring criminals to justice''.
The Bishops' statement, issued at an Annual Plenary meeting in Warri Diocese, in southern Delta State (on Thursday, Sept. 18), warned over the danger posed by militants' insurgency.
"We warn every Nigerian community at local and state levels to be alert to the grave danger facing all of us and our nation from within and from without. The issue is not about who becomes president or governor or senator after the 2015 general elections. The issue is about the life and security of every one of us who loves his or her life and really cares about our living together in peace as noble Nigerians.''
A national 'all night prayer' rally is scheduled for both the 13th and 14th of November, 2014 (in the capital Abuja), to pray for the nation.
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