Anglican Church urges South-East governors to stop killing, kidnapping in Igboland
Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Enugu, Samuel Ike, has urged South-East governors to take deliberate steps in the new year to stop the incessant killings and kidnapping ravaging the zone.
Mr Ike made the call in a New Year message he issued on Wednesday in Enugu with the title ‘Another Year is Dawning’.
According to him, in the new year, the South-East should not allow a continuation of the brazen killing and kidnapping of residents each week.
The bishop stated that 2025 is coming with a wake-up call for the South-East governors to tackle insecurity consciously.
“These latest killings and kidnapping in the zone are a wake-up call for the governors of the South-Eastern states as well as the Joint Security and Armed Forces, to act up to their basic responsibility of protection of lives and property of the citizens.
“I call on the governors and the Federal Government to effectively deploy both kinetic and non-kinetic approaches within the zone,” said the Anglican bishop.
Mr Ike added, “There should be effective proactive surveillance and intelligence devices such as drones and others to stem this ugly cancer of insecurity in the life of the Nigerian nation, especially the South-East.
“We can wipe out insecurity, going into 2025, if we muster the resolve and political will to do so.”
(NAN)
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