Prelate and leader of the
Methodist Church in Nigeria, Chukwuemeka Kalu-Uche, has declared that the
Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris “is for Muslims”.
He said killings in Benue and
other states were being carried out by herdsmen known to the authorities.
Kalu-Uche insisted that
government could disarm the herders if it really had the political will.
Mr Kalu-Uche stated this at the
end of his 7-day apostolic tour of the Arch-Diocese of Abuja, Nyanya and Kubwa.
He also backed ex-Minister of Defence, Theophilius Danjuma’s comments that
Nigerians should defend themselves.
His words; “You think we are not
watching and seeing? The time has come for Nigerians to defend themselves. We
of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, have told Nigerians to prepare to
defend themselves, even with cutlass, but they should start with prayers.
“If they think they have all the
arms and ammunition, they are deceiving themselves. They don’t know what goes
on in the creeks, and there are areas that the military doesn’t even go.
“I am praying that Nigeria does
not become Rwanda. Because the way they are going, if what they are planting
starts, nobody is safe and nowhere will be safe,” he said.
“I want to tell you that there
are sympathizers outside. I had phone calls from outside the country asking me
to confirm whether on the Dapchi School girls that only Muslim girls were
released, and the only Christian girl detained. And I told them yes, but our
government is making efforts to release her.
“I want to tell you even the
outsiders are working hard to deceive us and after destroying us, they would
come back and tap our oil. May be the government does not know. I want you to
blow it open, that people want to destroy us as a nation and it is possible.
“So, I would not want a repeat of
what happened in Iraq to happen here. We should be very fair and practice real
democracy.
“So, it has come to the level if
Boko Haram could come to Dapchi to drop the girls, no challenge and went back,
and soldiers were withdrawn, it means that apparently, the government is siding
one religion against the other. That is the implication,” he said.
“Who is deceiving who? Nigeria is
a secular country. I would not want Israel, Germany, France, America England,
Australia, and other Christian nations to besiege us. But when they come, Iraq
will come, Iran will come, and other Muslim nations would come and then the
third world war may happen in Nigeria.
“And that is the way we are
going. The Church must pray, genuine Muslims must pray so that we do not have
these kinds of problems in this country. It is clear the leadership is turning
its eyes the other way, supporting one religion against the other.
“Those herdsmen carrying guns, if
they don’t have the backing of those in government, they would not have the
audacity, the impetus to do what they are doing, especially the police, the
Inspector General of Police, IGP, who have now shown himself as a Muslim, quote
me, quote me. He is not for everybody, he is for Muslims, and we don’t want
that. He should be for all of us!
“For the soldiers, I don’t want
to blame them, because they have tried their best. I know that there are bad
eggs among them. Their leaders are not mean, I don’t think so. I have problem
with the Inspector General of Police, take note And I have problem with the
Directorate of state Security, DSS.
“They only arrest opposition.
What is happening in Nigeria now is that if you belong to APGA, PDP, Labour
Party(LP), and others outside APC and you stole money, just join the ruling
party and DSS and Police will protect you. Nobody will mention it again.”
“Those that translated like
chameleon to the ruling party are the ones committing havoc. Just change your
party and become an angel. So, we are analyzing what is going on. But I want to
tell you boldly, we religious leaders love Nigeria.
“I can tell you that I have my
respect for the Sultan of Sokoto, because we meet in interreligious circles and
he said that anybody carrying gun and attack a fellow Nigeria is not defending
Nigeria and should be treated as a criminal.
“What we can do in security on
the part of the church is prayer and fasting. And that is what we are doing
now. But we may be left to be behaving like the biblical Nehemiah. Nehemiah was
having the holy book and at the same time a sword.
“For now, only our brothers at
the other side can have the Holy Quran and the Sword and we are daily been
slaughtered and decreasing us installmentally. But we are left with no
alternative than to carry the Bible and the Sword now if they allow it.
“What happened in Turkey can
never happen in Nigeria. Turkey was predominantly a Christian state but were
annihilated and Islamized, it can never happen in Nigeria.
“I am saying openly for somebody
who loves Nigeria that if you live in glass house, don’t throw stones. But now
I am calling on Christians to pray, pray and pray. But if the system continues
its destruction of Christians, we will surely react, by telling our members to
get their swords and fight and I can tell you that people in Aso Rock will run
away.
“No government House will be
stable no matter how they fortify themselves. So, we are saying that should not
happen ooh!,” he exclaimed.
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