Genocide claim: Nigerians must unite against killings — Cleric

As reactions continue to trail US President Donald Trump’s threat to intervene in the alleged Christian genocide in Nigeria, the Country Director of Linkway Outreach Africa (LOA), Pastor Daniel Ibiloma Adejo, on Thursday, urged Nigerians to unite against incessant killings in the country

In a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja, Pastor Adejo said that it was not time to ‘trade blame game’, but life is sacred and it shouldn’t be taken arbitrarily under any guise, noting that killing is prohibited under international convention and treaties as well as various domestic laws of nations.

He stated that Nigerians must come to terms with the fact that killing has been taking place across the country for decades and notwithstanding the fact that government has been doing its best to tackle the menace, the situation has not abated, hence, the world has begun to express concern over the happening in Nigeria.

According to him, “As Linkway Outreach Africa works tirelessly, providing social services across communities in States in Nigeria, we encourage government to “do a better than the best” to stop killing of citizens irrespective of religious or political affiliations.

The Country Director opined that Nigeria must strengthen its foreign policies to effectively engage well advanced countries in combat against terrorism, noting that terrorists’ activity is active in substantial number of states in Nigeria.

According to him, “We note that in reality, terrorism is ravaging several nations of the world, Nigeria must therefore, work with other countries to wipe out terrorists and criminal elements responsible for killings in the country.

“The call for international collaboration has become necessary because, no country can defeat terrorists within its terrotary without working in synergy with other countries as terrorism has international connection.

“President Trump’s statement may be an opportunity for the government of Nigeria to get the United States authority involved in combat against terrorism and being an advanced country which is well experienced in tackling terrorists, it would not be out place to work in collaboration with the United States.

Adejoh stressed that the recent replacement of Service Chiefs by President Bola Tinubu may be a step forward in tackling insecurity in Nigeria, advising the Security Chiefs to tackle insider collaborators with the security architecture, given that there has been growing suspicion that some elements within the security circle are profiting from crimes.

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