Vice-President Yemi Osibajo has
dismissed the religious colourations attached to the killings in Benue state.
“Persecutions have always been
with Christians and it is the duty of Christians to stop it,” NAN quoted him as
saying.
“The gospel of Jesus cannot be
killed by anybody; it is not fragile or written on a piece of paper.”
The vice-president also denied
claims that the killings in Benue were the outcome of a planned agenda to
eliminate the people.
Osinbajo said the federal
government is determined to prove such insinuations false by rebuilding all
damaged communities in the country.
He said the anger and
disappointment expressed by the people at the meeting was “right and justified”
but assured that government was committed to providing security for their
protection.
He said there were several
interventions that had been initiated to make life bearable for them.
The vice-president assured that
the government would “dig deep into the root cause of the crises to find
lasting solutions to it”.
He said the recent recruitments
into the various arms of the security agencies was aimed at providing effective
security protection to the people, especially communities under frequent
attacks.
The vice-president also condoled
with the Catholic Church for the attack on its priests and worshippers at Saint
Ignatius Parish Mbalom where 18 people including two Catholic priests were
killed by suspected armed herdsmen.
Earlier in an address, Samuel
Ortom, Benue governor, called on the federal government to fish out the killers
of the two priests and their parishioners that were murdered in cold blood by
gunmen.
He also called for more
humanitarian aid to the state to handle the displaced people who were living in
inappropriate sanitary conditions.
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