The president of Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), Bishop Wale Oke, has condemned the killings in Edo State and other parts of the country, saying all the perpetrators of the heinous act must be punished.
Bishop Oke, who called for fairness and justice in the handling of killings in Uromi, Edo State and other states, emphasised that urgent and critical steps must be taken to stop mindless killings in the country.
Oke who doubles as the president, Sword of The Spirit Ministries, made the call while addressing journalists in Ibadan.
“PFN condemns the killings that took place in Edo State where people were mistaken to be kidnappers and were attacked.
“We condemn the killing in a categorical term. It was uncalled for. Every Nigerian should be able to move freely in any part of the nation. In that way, the killings of whoever, who did it, is condemnable and PFN is joining others in Nigeria to condemn it.
“And we urge Governor Monday Okpebholo and Governor Abba Yusuf to cooperate and fish out the perpetrators to serve as a deterrent to other people. Lives are sacred.
“And people, no matter from which part of the nation they come from, should be able to move freely anywhere in Nigeria. We pray the Lord will give them wisdom.
“I want to urge Governor Yusuf and Governor Okpebholo to cooperate to make sure that there is no reprisal attack, no escalation and no killing in any part of the nation. The evil had been done and two evils don’t make a right. So, there shouldn’t be retaliation,” he said.
The PFN president said the same fervor with which the killing in Edo State was condemned and with which the criminals were being hunted should be applied in other parts of the country where killings happened.
“The same fervor in Edo State should be applied in other states where killings are happening like Benue, Plateau, Taraba, Ondo and Ekiti States as well as the Southeast,” he said.
He called for the establishment of state police to curb insecurity, saying vigilantes should not be the ones providing security.
The PFN president also lauded President Bola Tinubu for providing pragmatic leadership for the country and wished him a happy birthday.
