The Catholic Bishop of Awka
Diocese, His Lordship, Most Rev. Paulinus Ezeokafor, has described the proposed
setting up of grazing reserves and colonies for herdsmen as a time bomb waiting
to explode.
He emphasised that ranching
remained the only solution to the Fulani herdsmen and farmers’ clash.
Bishop Ezeokafor, who stated this
yesterday in Awka during the 2018 Armed Forces Remembrance Day Mass at St.
Patrick’s Catholic Cathedral, said, “killings in Benue State needed Operation
Python Dance and Crocodile Smile put together.”
The cleric added that deploying
the officers and men of the Nigeria Police to the troubled state may not yield
the desired result.
He challenged the Nigeria
security agents to apply similar measures used in unmasking those behind the
killings of over 20 worshippers on New Year’s Eve in Omoku, Rivers State, in
fishing out those behind the Benue massacre.
Bishop Ezeokafor wondered, “why
the Federal Government should even deploy police to tackle such heinous act
which he said left so many people dead.”
He said he expected them to apply
the same measure used in tackling South East and South South, even as he
accused them of treating Benue’s issue with kid gloves.
The Catholic Prelate called for
urgent renegotiation of Nigeria, noting that going by the current situation of
things in the country, Nigeria deserved to be renegotiated even as he said the
states should be allowed to take charge of her Mineral Resources to enable them
to develop at their own pace.
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