{"id":18567,"date":"2018-05-07T03:33:50","date_gmt":"2018-05-07T03:33:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=18567"},"modified":"2018-05-07T03:33:50","modified_gmt":"2018-05-07T03:33:50","slug":"killings-across-nigeria-buhari-seems-powerless-he-must-resign-now-archbishop-onaiyekan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=18567","title":{"rendered":"KILLINGS ACROSS NIGERIA: BUHARI SEEMS POWERLESS, HE MUST RESIGN NOW – Archbishop Onaiyekan"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Cardinal of the Catholic Church and the Metropolitan Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, John Onaiyekan who reacted to the recent killing of two catholic priests in Benue State, slammed security agencies, who he said have been watching as herdsmen slaughter innocent citizens of the country even in their worship places.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Cardinal Onaiyekan, who maintained that living in peace was less expensive than going to war, however insisted that the people would not continue to fold their hands and die on a daily basis.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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According to him in the interview with Sun, priests in Benue State may be forced to pick up arms and defend themselves against being killed by rampaging herdsmen.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cThey have not done so. That is not our way and I don\u2019t think they will. And I am hoping that we have not reached that stage yet. But you could reach that stage.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cYesterday, they killed us, the next day, they killed us, the policemen are around and they have done nothing. And the police are given guns and they don\u2019t use them.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cThe Army comes and moves around and nothing happens. They are not going to wait for me to tell them what to do. They don\u2019t want that to continue and all we have been telling government is please, don\u2019t push people too far.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cIt is not possible to tell us that Nigeria is unable to secure our territory. We cannot believe it, to tell us that it is beyond the possibility of the police; that the whole Nigerian Army with the billion naira and the billion dollars budgets that we are spending; they still can\u2019t keep us safe.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cAnd they want me to believe that? We can\u2019t believe it, which is why we are saying no, there is something seriously wrong which must be addressed quickly because at the end of the day, everybody is going to suffer.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cAs you know, most of us, at least, are pleading that we live in peace with one another because living in peace is less expensive than going to war. Also, when you go to war, who wins?\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cWhoever is stronger wins, not who is right. The Pope used to say that we must replace the right of force with the force of right. That is where we are now. Don\u2019t forget that somebody (Gen. TY Danjuma) who ought to know did make a statement about get ready to defend yourselves.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cAnd he should know what he is talking about. And he clearly accused government of collusion. That is serious.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cFor various reasons, personally, if he (Buhari) came to me for advice, I will tell him it is time for retirement\u201d Cardinal Onaiyekan said.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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