Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris is behind Arewa quit notice to Ndigbo, says Methodist Prelate, His Eminence, Dr. Samuel Kanu Uche
www.odogwublog.com reports that the
Prelate of the Methodist Church Nigeria, His Eminence, Dr. Samuel Kanu
Uche, has accused the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris of
giving tacit support to Northern youths who recently gave a quit notice
to Ndigbo living in the North.
The
cleric who made the allegation at a press conference yesterday after
the 35th Council of Bishops held in Umuahia, Abia State, said the
failure of the IG to arrest the arrowheads of the genocidal threat was a
confirmation that he endorsed the action of the Northern youths.
He
wondered why the police are yet to arrest any of those behind the
threat one week after it was issued despite the public outrage and
condemnation it had generated.
The
Prelate further argued that if such threat and hate speech were made
by a Christian, the security agencies would have long arrested him for
prosecution.
His words:
" If it were a christian that said the Igbos should leave the North
they would have done to him more than what they did to Nnamdi Kanu.
Where is the Inspector General of Police? I accuse him of supporting
Northern youths. If he likes let him come and arrest me".
The
cleric who said all Nigerians should be treated equally, warned against
any plan to Islamise Nigeria, saying that such move will spell doom
for the country.
" Any
attempt to Islamise this nation,( I assure youth that ) there will be
no Nigeria", he thundered, adding that " people should stop sowing wind
because there will be whirlwind ".
The
Prelate allayed the fear in some quarters that Muslims are growing
stronger than Christians in Nigeria , saying the conviction of
Christians that life is sacred has been misconstrued to be weakness.
"
Christians teach their children to respect the dignity of life. The
Muslims are not more powerful than Christians just that as Christians we
know that no country survives religious war."
Earlier
in a communique, the Council of Methodist Bishops had strongly
condemned the ultimatum given by Arewa youths to Ndigbo living in the
North to vacate the region, saying it is a prelude to anarchy.
The
17-point communique read by Secretary of Conference, Rt. Rev. Michael
Akinwale said all indigenous tribes in the country had equal stake in
Nigeria.
It read in
part: " The council condemns in strong terms the threat by Northern
youths that the Igbos in the North should leave or face annihilation.
This is a hate speech and a threat that should be seen as treason and
punishable under the law of the land.
"
It will be recalled that at the end of Nigeria civil war, the Federal
Government proposed a plan for Reconciliation, Reconstruction and
Rehabilitation. Non- implementation of this project has obviously led to
the rise in agitation of various forms in the South East".
The
Council, therefore, urged the National Assembly to revisit the bill on
South East Development Commission which was shot down at the House of
Representatives "as a way to make the zone feel that it belongs to
Nigeria".
The Bishops
also admonished Federal Government against pampering herdsmen wrecking
havoc in parts of the country but to take decisive measures aimed at
curbing the menace.
"
Their mode of operation is similar to that of Boko Haram , and we
suspect that they have strong tors with ISIS. It is important to
investigate into who they are, and their sponsors.
"
The security agents should not treat these agents of the devil with
kids's gloves as non of them have been arrested and dealt with".
The
Council also frowned at the flagrant disregard to the principles of
federal character in considering people for appointments into federal
ministries and institutions by the Muhammadu Buhari- led administration.
This, according to the Council is one of the major causes of ethnic tension in the country.
"
Methodist Bishops acknowledge the wisdom of our fathers for the
creation of Federal Character Commission in Nigeria. Council therefore,
insists that the spirit of federal character commission be strictly
respected in employment and appointments at all levels of the Nigeria
society."
Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris is behind Arewa quit notice to Ndigbo, says Methodist Prelate, His Eminence, Dr. Samuel Kanu Uche
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