A cleric, Archbishop Samson Benjamin, has called on Nigerians and religious leaders to exercise patience, and not overheat the polity over the spate of killings in some parts of the country.
He made the call yesterday after a meeting with the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr. Ibrahim Idris in Abuja. Also present at the meeting were senior police officers including the Deputy Inspector Generals (DIGs).
The clergyman stated that contrary to beliefs in many quarters that government and the security agencies were not doing anything to curtail the killings, he averred that the police have been active in restoring peace and order.
Commending the police boss, the cleric, who is the founder of the Resurrection Praise Ministry Worldwide, said that the police have made a number of arrests over the Southern Kaduna killings. Benjamin added that the Kaduna State governor, Malam Nasir el Rufai, was instrumental in the arrest of the suspects whom he revealed were about 50, and arms recovered from them.
“The IGP is a pro-active policeman, and has only been bidding his time to let Nigerians know about the arrest of the suspect, as investigation, with a view to prosecuting them, is still on-going,” the cleric who is referred to as African Major Prophet, stated. While calling on the security agencies to inform Nigerians more of what is being done to curb the killings and other forms of crimes in the country, Benjamin also called on religious leaders to preach messages of peace, and not incite their followers.
Archbishop Benjamin noted further that the IGP gave his word that modalities have been put in place in the troubled areas to ensure such incidents of killings do not happen again.
He urged Nigerians to give the government and the security agencies enough time to do their job. While advising religious leaders not to incite people over the killings in the country until they know the truth, he also called on the police to initiate a peace forum where it would intimate the religious leaders about its activities, and what it is doing to curb sectorial killings in the country.
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