The national president of the Nigerian Baptist Convention,
Reverend Samson Ayokunle, has called on the Federal
Government to investigate how herdsmen are supplied with
guns and bring culprits to book.
Reverend Ayokunle stated this at a press conference in Ibadan,
the Oyo State capital, while addressing journalists on the state
of the nation, while also advising the present administration to
learn from the mistake of the last administration.
According to him, “We want to call the attention of the Federal
Government to the impending dangers in the violent attacks by
the herdsmen in different parts of the nation. Checkmating the
violent acts of these herdsmen in time will be helpful to us all in
this nation before they become a terrorist group that is too
formidable to overcome.
“To the best of our knowledge, what the government ought to do
is to properly investigate how guns are supplied to these
herdsmen, bring to book those behind the supply and recover
the guns from them. Furthermore, herdsmen going around with
guns must be prosecuted for illegal possession of firearms.
“We need to urge the present administration to learn from the
mistake of the last administration in the country which did not
take quick and necessary action on the Boko Haram terrorist
group until they became almost too formidable and better
equipped than our military. We cannot afford to lose the souls of
many innocent citizens again, just as we lost them to Boko
Haram attacks.”
Ayokunle, who is also the vice-president, Christian Association
of Nigeria (CAN), lauded President Muhammadu Buhari’s
government for waging relentless war against corruption. He
said corruption had retarded the growth of the nation, as
national resources expected to be expended on the development
of Nigeria had been embezzled, mismanaged and/or
misappropriated at the local, state and federal government
levels.
His words: “This act was perpetrated by the political leaders and
the civil servants. However, as others have observed before, this
fight against corruption has to be more embracing.’’
While urging President Buhari to use the funds recovered from
corrupt people to develop the almost non-existent infrastructure
in the nation, Ayokunle, who is contesting as the president of
CAN, having been nominated by the same body in this month’s
election, urged Kaduna State government and his colleagues to
treat the issue of legislation over the mode of preaching in
Kaduna with utmost caution so as not to fan ember of religious
disunity in the state.
Reverend Samson Ayokunle, has called on the Federal
Government to investigate how herdsmen are supplied with
guns and bring culprits to book.
Reverend Ayokunle stated this at a press conference in Ibadan,
the Oyo State capital, while addressing journalists on the state
of the nation, while also advising the present administration to
learn from the mistake of the last administration.
According to him, “We want to call the attention of the Federal
Government to the impending dangers in the violent attacks by
the herdsmen in different parts of the nation. Checkmating the
violent acts of these herdsmen in time will be helpful to us all in
this nation before they become a terrorist group that is too
formidable to overcome.
“To the best of our knowledge, what the government ought to do
is to properly investigate how guns are supplied to these
herdsmen, bring to book those behind the supply and recover
the guns from them. Furthermore, herdsmen going around with
guns must be prosecuted for illegal possession of firearms.
“We need to urge the present administration to learn from the
mistake of the last administration in the country which did not
take quick and necessary action on the Boko Haram terrorist
group until they became almost too formidable and better
equipped than our military. We cannot afford to lose the souls of
many innocent citizens again, just as we lost them to Boko
Haram attacks.”
Ayokunle, who is also the vice-president, Christian Association
of Nigeria (CAN), lauded President Muhammadu Buhari’s
government for waging relentless war against corruption. He
said corruption had retarded the growth of the nation, as
national resources expected to be expended on the development
of Nigeria had been embezzled, mismanaged and/or
misappropriated at the local, state and federal government
levels.
His words: “This act was perpetrated by the political leaders and
the civil servants. However, as others have observed before, this
fight against corruption has to be more embracing.’’
While urging President Buhari to use the funds recovered from
corrupt people to develop the almost non-existent infrastructure
in the nation, Ayokunle, who is contesting as the president of
CAN, having been nominated by the same body in this month’s
election, urged Kaduna State government and his colleagues to
treat the issue of legislation over the mode of preaching in
Kaduna with utmost caution so as not to fan ember of religious
disunity in the state.
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