The Anglican Communion has challenged the Federal Government and security forces to do more to protect worship centres from attacks by Boko Haram insurgents.
The church stated that many displaced Christians in the North-East were yet to return to their communities and to their worship centres over fear of attacks by the blood-thirsty terrorists.
Addressing a news conference on Wednesday in Abuja, the Primate of the Anglican Church, His Grace, Nicholas Okoh, said the church is still taking stock of the damages done by the Islamic sect, insisting that the threats to the church had yet to die down.
Speaking shortly after a meeting of 45 Anglican Bishops which met to discuss the current threats to the church, the Primate explained that the meeting was called for the church to take stock of the number of places of worship that were destroyed, lives lost, internally-displaced persons recorded as well as the interventions that were required.
He said, “The threats to security in the North-East zone are yet to die down and we urge President Muhammadu Buhari to do more in the area of improving security in the zone and as a way of ensuring that worshippers attend places of worship without fear.
“Many Christians are yet to freely go to church in the affected areas, so there is need for the Federal Government to do more to restore the confidence reposed in the current national leadership.”
Stressing that the current security situation did not speak well of the country, Okoh called for unity in defeating the insurgency.
He defended Buhari against allegations that his government was slow and insisted that three months were insufficient to judge a government.
Okoh argued that it was better for the president to take his time to refocus the country and achieve desired results than doing so otherwise.
The Christian leader challenged Nigerians to unite against terror and “the evil people who want to disorganise us because if they succeed, they will make us refugees.”
The church stated that many displaced Christians in the North-East were yet to return to their communities and to their worship centres over fear of attacks by the blood-thirsty terrorists.
Addressing a news conference on Wednesday in Abuja, the Primate of the Anglican Church, His Grace, Nicholas Okoh, said the church is still taking stock of the damages done by the Islamic sect, insisting that the threats to the church had yet to die down.
Speaking shortly after a meeting of 45 Anglican Bishops which met to discuss the current threats to the church, the Primate explained that the meeting was called for the church to take stock of the number of places of worship that were destroyed, lives lost, internally-displaced persons recorded as well as the interventions that were required.
He said, “The threats to security in the North-East zone are yet to die down and we urge President Muhammadu Buhari to do more in the area of improving security in the zone and as a way of ensuring that worshippers attend places of worship without fear.
“Many Christians are yet to freely go to church in the affected areas, so there is need for the Federal Government to do more to restore the confidence reposed in the current national leadership.”
Stressing that the current security situation did not speak well of the country, Okoh called for unity in defeating the insurgency.
He defended Buhari against allegations that his government was slow and insisted that three months were insufficient to judge a government.
Okoh argued that it was better for the president to take his time to refocus the country and achieve desired results than doing so otherwise.
The Christian leader challenged Nigerians to unite against terror and “the evil people who want to disorganise us because if they succeed, they will make us refugees.”
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