Methodist Archbishop condemns spate of insecurity, killings in Nigeria

The Archdiocesan Bishop of the Methodist Church, Archdiocese of Ebonyi, His Grace, Most Rev. Chikwendu Ogan Igwe, has condemned in totality the spate of insecurity and killings of harmless residents, particularly in Plateau, Benue, Zamfara States, and a few elements of Ebonyi State.

Igwe, nonetheless, referred to as on governments in any respect ranges and rich people in Nigeria to rise and use their privileged positions to impression the poor and fewer privileged in society.

The Bishop made this identified in a communiqué signed by him and the Archdiocesan Lay President, Onwe Sunday Onwe, and issued to newsmen in Abakaliki on Thursday, shortly after the conclusion of the thirty first Annual Synod of the Diocese of Abakaliki, held on the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Ebonyi State.

The Synod, nonetheless, counseled President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for citing the coastal roads that go by means of Ebonyi State, including that the roads will encourage financial growth and ease transportation and communication within the space.

He additionally applauded the Governor of Ebonyi State, Francis Nwifuru, for his intervention in communal clashes in some areas of the state, particularly in Effium/Ezza Effium, Amasiri/Edda, and Amangwu/Isinkwo, and inspired him to not relent within the restoration of whole peace in all the state.

The eleven-point communiqué reads partly: “The Synod inspired the Governor, Francis Nwifuru, to not relent within the restoration of whole peace in all the state and in addition praised his administration for the human capital growth he reveals by means of the Individuals’s Constitution of Wants, from which the Methodist Church has additionally benefited — earlier than and particularly through the inauguration of the Archdiocese of Ebonyi.

“The Synod affirmed that the Methodist Church Nigeria has risen to its duties of not solely praying for the state and Nigeria, the residents, and particularly leaders in any respect ranges, but in addition contributing its quota in addressing problems with concern the place crucial.

“The meeting referred to as for an attitudinal change towards sacrificial giving and devoted tithing, aggressive evangelism, well being providers, employees’ welfare, and different religious and infrastructural developments of the Diocese to realize higher outcomes.

“The Synod referred to as on leaders to domesticate a superb relationship with God, as within the case of Mary and Martha, as a way to entice God’s intervention within the current unstable financial downturn within the nation.

“The Synod condemned the spate of insecurity pervading all the nation, particularly the latest killings in Plateau, Benue, and a few elements of Ebonyi State, and suggested that management in any respect ranges ought to rise to deal with these threats to lives and property.

“Within the face of uncertainty in our current society, marked by insecurity, starvation, poverty, and hardship, the Synod enjoined most people to permit the resurrection energy of Christ to drive their religion in Christ’s redemptive work.

“The Synod referred to as on most people, and youths particularly, to shun all types of social vices, akin to cultism, ritual killings, drug abuse, sexual immorality, and illicit masquerading, particularly among the many Christian neighborhood,” the communiqué famous.