The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), has urged the Federal Government to sack the service chiefs as nowhere is safe in Nigeria.
The call was made following the gruesome murder of two Christian clerics, Rev. Fr. Michael Akawu of Our Lady of Immaculate Conception Parish, Dobi village, near Gwagwalada, Abuja, and Rev. Hosea Akuchi of Nasara Baptist Church in Guguwa, near Rigasa, Kaduna.
CAN has insisted that the Federal Government must disengage the current service chiefs and reorganise Nigeria’s security system for efficiency.
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CAN president, Rev. Samson Ayokunle, said in a statement signed by his media aide, Pastor Bayo Oladeji, that Nigeria’s security situation has become reprehensible, unacceptable and condemnable.
He said: “Nowhere is safe and secure in Nigeria anymore. Terrorists, rampaging Fulani herdsmen, killer bandits, armed robbers, kidnappers and other hoodlums have risen against Nigerians and security agencies seem helpless.”
He suggested that security agencies should invest more in intelligence gathering with a view to preventing crime. He also commiserated with the Catholic Church and the Nigerian Baptist Convention over the demise of the clerics, who were killed by gunmen in Abuja and Kaduna State, respectively.
CAN demand the unconditional release of the wife of slain Kaduna cleric, Talatu Akuchi, who was abducted alongside her husband, with the abductors demanding N5 million ransom. CAN prayed to God to comfort and console the affected churches and immediate families of the deceased clerics and give them the fortitude to bear the loss.
