Joseph Hayab, chairman of the
Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Kaduna, has lamented over the high
level of insecurity in the state.
He spoke to reporters shortly
after Jeremiah Omolara, a resident pastor of the Living Faith Church in Romi
New Extension, a suburb in Kaduna state, was killed while his wife was
abducted.
The incident happened along the
Kaduna-Abuja road on Sunday. The pastor, his wife and son were traveling to
Abuja when he was killed.
The gunmen were said to have
opened fire on their vehicle, killing the pastor on the spot before taking his
wife into the bush.
However, the son was said to have
escaped. Sources said the abductors later contacted the family of the victim to
demand a ransom of N50 million.
Hayab lamented the increasing
rate of kidnappings in Kaduna, especially the abduction of clergy men.
He said last Thursday a cleric in
Kasuwan Magani in Kajuru local government area was attacked by gunmen at his
residence while his security guard was killed.
He added that in the same LGA,
the daughter of a Baptist pastor was abducted and the kidnappers were demanding
a huge sum as ransom
The CAN chairman also narrated
how gunmen invaded the residence of a pastor and took him away.
“As at Friday, the kidnappers
were asking us to pay N4 million or we should not call them again for the
release of the pastor,” he said.
”Now the Living Faith Church
pastor was abducted along Kaduna-Abuja and was killed while his wife was
abducted. That tells you that the new trend is to attack us in our homes or in
our churches or on the roads. We are just not safe anywhere and we are asking
the same question we have been asking; where are our security agencies?
“Are we being told tactically
that we should defend ourselves? If we start defending ourselves, it means that
we no longer have security or we no longer have government. Or is this
government only for those they love and they don’t care about others?
“We feel strongly that the
federal government and the Inspector General of Police should do something
about Kaduna, since we have a governor who does not listen and feels he knows
everything.
“Even after the killing of the
security guards to the parish priest he heard that he called the priest; is it
calling calling the victims that we want or addressing the security challenges.
If you speak to me as Rev. Hayab when criminals attack me, what help have you
done to me? You are not helping to stop the attack. So we are really concerned
and concerned that people, especially clergies in Kaduna are no longer safe.
“We don’t want a situation where
we will be force to think of how to protect ourselves, we believe that
government is there to protect us.”
As of the time of filing this
report, Yakubu Sabo, spokesman of the Kaduna state police command, could not be
reach for reaction as his telephone line was switched off.
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