Wake up from slumber, end bloodbath in Southern Kaduna, others’, Bishop tells Buhari

By Ezurike Ugochukwu

President Muhammdu Buhari, has once more been called on to wake up from his deep slumber and end the bloodbath in Southern Kaduna and all other parts of the country as he promised in 2015 to do within a time frame if elected president.

The call was made by the Right Reverend Babatunde Ogunbanwo, the Bishop of the Diocese of Ijebu South-West, Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion.

The bishop who spoke during the first session of the fourth synod of the Diocese in Odogbolu, Ogun State. described Buhari as being ‘weak and clueless’ over the insecurity challenges facing the country, insisting that he has failed Nigerians.

Ogunbanwo further called on the Federal Government and international organisations to find lasting solution to the resurgence of attacks by killer herdsmen, bandits, armed robbers and other security threats in the nation, especially the unending killings in Christian dominated areas of Kaduna State.

“We are quite concerned about the spate of unwanted killings going on in the Christian dominated Southern Kaduna, in Kaduna State.

“It is so sad that this cycle of unprovoked violence and destruction of human lives and property have gone unchecked for many years without much intervention from Nigeria’s security units, Kaduna State (Government) and Federal Government.

“From the look of things, it is becoming clear that the perpetrators of these murderous acts are on a mission of genocide and ethnic cleansing. The government has so far failed to prove to us that it is willing to bring a permanent end to this persisting carnage.

“The Christians of Southern Kaduna and the indigenous ethnic nationalities in that part of the country, like all other Nigerians, have a God-given right to live in safety and enjoy the blessings God has bestowed on their land without any fear of molestation and threat to their lives.

“It is also the duty of the government and its agencies saddled with the security of the citizens of this country to defend and protect all those in that part of our nation from their predators,” the bishop maintained.