The National Vice President of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, South-West Zone, Archbishop John A. A. Osa-Oni, has asked the presidency to classify or declare bandits as terrorists.
He said the continued non-classification of banditry as terrorism against the Nigeria state is seriously curtailing the military in their effort to stamp out the various shades of anarchists who consistently trouble the peace of Nigerians, with impunity.
The Archbishop made the remarks in a press conference at his church headquarters in Osolo Way, Lagos State.
The Archbishop noted that in the latest record of violent attacks, the Nigeria Defence Academy was invaded with casualties among high-ranking military personnel recorded.
On the issue in the South West, the Archbishop noted that the South-West has been a peaceful and prosperous region.
He said, “The South-West has been a peaceful prosperous and hospitable region of this potentially great country.
“This is evidenced by the large number of industries, commercial and educational activities in the region.
“The number of people from other regions who troop in to engage in one legal activity or the other is a testimony to this.”
He enjoined the federal government to fish out those who are bent on making the South-West unstable, unsafe and uninhabitable.
He said, “Today, we declare our support for the calls by the military on one hand, the National Assembly, Governor Nasir-El-Rutai of Kaduna State and other patriotic Nigerians, fort the federal government to declare all bandits as terrorists with no exception.
“Secondly, government must fish out those who are bent on making the South-West unstable, unsafe and uninhabitable.
“It will be an ill wind that blows nobody good if the government waits until people begin to defend themselves.”
Osa-Oni also lent his voice to the call for true federalism.
He said, “We join in the call for the entrenchment of true federalism in practices and intents of governance, such that the clamping on our nation’s true potentials will be lifted.”
He said Nigeria and her government cannot continue to do the same thing the same way and expect excellent results.
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