The Supreme Head, Cherubim and Seraphim Unification Church Worldwide, Prophet (Dr) Solomon Alao, has lamented the killings by Fulani herdsmen in different parts of the country.
Prophet Alao said that the herdsmen were behaving like a “super government” dictating for their host communities.
He said this at a press conference at The Holy Mount of Salvation Model Parish, Surulere, Lagos, to commemorate the 88th Annual General Conference of The Sacred C&S Church, where he also urged Christians to be actively involved in politics to ward off corrupt and unpatriotic elements.
He said that restructuring was the solution to the numerous problems facing the country.
He said, “Register and get your PVC and vote wisely to influence decisions that affect the polity. Stop saying politics is dirty. Get involved and cleanse the polity.
“Those not involved in partisan politics should vote the right candidates.
“The only panacea to future disaster lies in restructuring the constitution. Restructure the structure; encourage devolution of power from the centre to the states, and go back to constitutional federalism.
“I believe in the interest of both the led and the leadership, the only viable option is restructuring the structure by transferring a lot of powers to the states to reduce the workload at the centre. Let us go back to what Ahmadu Bello, Nnamdi Azikiwe and Chief Obafemi Awolowo begot us.
“It would be sheer foolhardiness, if we continue to believe as the political elite that all is well. Various challenges facing our country seem to be multiplying and not abating.
“We still have the Boko Haram insurgency on a killing mission virtually on a daily basis. Since then, kidnapping, never heard of in Africa, has joined the bandwagon of our problems.
“Religious killings and persecutions, especially, seemingly of those of the Christian faith, is gradually getting out of control.
“Badoo ritual killings have been added to the list of our ever-increasing challenges. The Niger Delta and the threat of secession in the South-East with no final solution on ground should be of concern to those of us who see a united Nigeria as an advantage.
“As if the foregoing is not enough, herdsmen are now on the rampage, behaving as a ‘super government,’ dictating provocative terms and conditions to their host communities.
“Petrol scarcity and lack of adequate energy to keep running our engines of development would no doubt compound our unemployment problems with far reaching consequences,” the cleric said.
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