Pentecostal Fellowship Urges Support For Nigeria, US Joint War Against Insecurity

The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) has called on Nigerians to support the ongoing joint federal government and the United States of America’s war against insecurity in the country.

Speaking during a media luncheon in Ibadan on Sunday, PFN’s national president, Bishop Francis Wale-Oke, commended the federal government for stepping up the fight against insecurity.

According to him, “For a long time, we have been asking for a change and overhaul in the security architecture of Nigeria. And we saw a bit of it now.

“No Nigerian should die needlessly. And people who inflict death on any Nigerian should face the full weight of the law. Let us all forget our division.

“Let’s forget I am a Christian, I am a Muslim. Let’s come together. It’s their responsibility; they are the government, we are the government.

“Let’s come together. Let’s join hands and end the killings of Nigerians, particularly in Plateau State, in Taraba State, in Benue State, in Southern Kaduna and in Kwara or in any other part of Nigeria. No Nigerian should die needlessly, irrespective of faith or religion.

“The economic hardship, the corruption issue in Nigeria, and then insecurity have come to the fore. I’ve become a significant issue. Until now, people have consistently stated that corruption is the number one challenge in Nigeria.

“And to a larger extent, I believe corruption is major. We must address corruption before it brings our nation down.

However, we can all agree that insecurity has surpassed corruption as the number one challenge in Nigeria.

“Because where there is insecurity, we cannot travel freely, we cannot do business freely. When the road is not free, the air is not free, the home is not free, the gathering is not free, everything and everybody will be affected. So insecurity has become an issue”, the cleric said.

He called on the President to deal with the matter of corruption, “I mean insecurity, head-on. And we want our president to push it to its logical conclusion. To spare no one.

“To allow no secret cow. If we don’t bring insecurity down, insecurity will bring this nation down. And the commander-in-chief should indeed be the commander-in-chief to deal with it.

“We are aware that all our security apparatus has been infested with moles and fifth columnists, planted by people who have an interest in creating chaos and in weakening our security apparatus. Our soldiers are losing their lives needlessly. A general was brutally killed, which should not have happened at all.

“And it’s because the moles in the system have not been flushed out. When the previous administration came out with this odious, nefarious policy of reintegrating the so-called repentant bandits into the military system, we cried out at that time that this was playing with fire. It’s like you put a cobra on your head and you’re putting your cap on it.

“When you are bringing so-called repentant terrorists. First and foremost, there’s nothing like repentant terrorists. Governance is not church service.’’