Enoch Adeboye, general overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), has implored Nigeria’s security chiefs to eliminate terrorists within 90 days or step down.
In a recent video posted on the church’s X handle on
Tuesday, Adeboye urged the federal government to act swiftly in addressing the
country’s security challenges.
“If I were asked to make suggestions, I would say quietly to
our government, move fast. And tell our security chiefs, get rid of these
terrorists within 90 days, or resign,” Adeboye said.
The cleric noted that religious leaders can only offer
advice to political authorities, and that the final responsibility rests with
the commander-in-chief.
Adeboye said he advised late President Muhammadu Buhari who
gave security chiefs a similar deadline to tackle Boko Haram, but that the
directive was not fully achieved within the timeframe.
In 2021, Buhari ordered the then service chiefs to “take
out” bandits, kidnappers, and their sponsors.
The late president said the armed forces should be more
proactive rather than reactionary.
Adeboye said the former president acted on the advice by
issuing the directive to security chiefs, but failed to enforce it after the
deadline elapsed.
“He ran with that advice, but he didn’t follow it through.
Because he gave the order as the commander-in-chief of the armed forces.The
three months went, and the work was not done,” he said.
The RCCG general overseer said he later questioned the
former president over his decision not to act after the deadline passed, but
declined to give details of their conversations.
He called on the current government to ensure that any
directive given to security chiefs goes beyond neutralising terrorists to also
targeting those who finance and support them.
“When giving orders to the service chiefs this time around,
we should make it clear to them that they are not only to eliminate the
terrorists, they should eliminate their sponsors, no matter how influential
they may be,” Adeboye added.
His comments come amid renewed concerns over insecurity
across the country, following a series of kidnappings, attacks on communities
and abductions of students in recent months.
On May 15, some gunmen attacked two schools in Ogbomoso, Oyo
state abducting dozens of pupils and teachers. One of the teacher would later
be beheaded in a viral video circulating online.
Following the abduction, President Bola Tinubu directed the
deployment of a “specialised security unit with advanced rescue capabilities”
to intensify efforts to secure the release pupils and teachers.
The abduction adds to a string of similar incidents recorded
across the country in recent months.
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