Finish killings, cleric urges Tinubu

The Chaplain, Chapel of The Resurrection, University of Ibadan, Venerable (Dr.) Victor Oladele, has called on President Bola Tinubu to take drastic steps to tackle the insecurity plaguing the country.

He gave the charge in a statement titled: ‘Reflection on the State of Nigerian State: Ominous Signs of Repeat of Failure’.

In the statement, Oladele condemned the killings and insecurity in Nigeria, especially the Kaduna bombing, the Plateau massacre, and the mindless killings of innocent Nigerians in the Middle Belt.

While warning the government against playing politics with people’s lives, the cleric harped on the need for the government to uphold justice in order to save the country from degeneration.

He said: “For the eight years of Buhari’s administration, Nigeria endured bloodbath, free reign of killings by Fulani militias, open beheading by religious extremists, and public executions in the name of God.

 ”The chapel is dismayed by the resurgence of brutality against defenseless Nigerians, the mindless slaughter of innocent women and children and the orgy of burning of communities in the Middle Belt by soulless entities devoid of human feelings.

“This evil bloodletting and human sacrifice must stop. The political class must stop playing politics with the lives of Nigerians. All lives matter, no matter their ethnicity, religion, gender and social class.”

He emphasised that the constitutional rights of Nigerians to safety, security and justice must be enforced without discrimination, adding that, “Those who see violence as business and the human person as merchandise must learn that no sin shall go unpunished.”

He noted that the mainstreaming of violent ideologies had been made possible by the political class, a section of the religious establishment, and the tolerance, if not identification of the Nigerian state over the years, with violent ideologies and extremism.