Insecurity: Cardinal Onaiyekan lambasts Buhari’s Govt.

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Insecurity: Cardinal Onaiyekan lambasts Buhari’s Govt

 

The Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, has said that the government may continue to be indifferent to the security situation in the country until President Muhammadu Buhari or any member of his immediate family was kidnapped.

The cleric, who took a swipe at the Buhari Government’s perceived powerlessness in the face of Nigeria’s mounting security challenges, said the security of the people can no longer be guaranteed by the government.

According to Vanguard, Onaiyekan accused some people within the corridors of power of “doing business” with the nation’s state of insecurity.

He said, “Is it until the President himself or a member of his immediate family is kidnapped before the government will do something about kidnapping?

“How come kidnapping is going on consistently on specific roads and the security agents can’t do anything?

“Does it mean there are collaborators among them and the people at the top levels of government?

“The government and police have told us several times that they have put up high level security checks and that they have cleared the roads but the criminals are still operating on the roads.

“It is sad that the kidnappers operate regularly on the highway and demand ransom and go to the extent of collecting the ransom without being arrested. It seems some people are doing business with the nation’s insecurity.”

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Any African leader whose citizens migrate should resign – Cardinal Onaiyekan

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Any African leader whose citizens migrate should resign – Cardinal Onaiyekan

The Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, has said that he would not hesitate to resign if he were president of a country whose citizens are anxious of migration.

According to him, it is a sign that leaders have failed ‘If you live in a nation where your young people are telling you it is better living elsewhere”

Onaiyekan made the declaration at a press briefing in Abuja, in preparation for a two-day conference being organised by Catholic Church on the irregular migration of Nigerians scheduled for next week.

He said: “Authorities should make Nigeria home. Same should be applicable to other African countries. Nigerians and other Africans should travel out of their country freely with dignity and respect, and not otherwise.

“These days, you hear some young Nigerians insisting that the pastures are greener elsewhere even when it is obviously not. If you live in a nation where your young people are telling you it is better living elsewhere, then it is a sign of failure of leadership of such a nation.

“If I were to be the president of such nation, I will not hesitate to resign if I continue to hear such a statement from my younger generation.

“I recall vividly as a young child in school some decades ago, I loved Nigeria and professed it openly because I was well taken care of by the government and I had a promising future. But the reverse is the case now.”

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