The Ekkilisiyan Yan’uwa A Nigeria, Church of the Brethren EYN lamented the more than 8,000 of their members had been killed by Boko Haram militants.
Speaking in Jos, Plateu State, on the issue of terrorism in the country, Engr. Daniel Kadzair disclosed that 270 branches of the church had been totally destroyed adding that almost all the district councils had been affected.
Leadership reports with reference to his words that the problem is about the unwillingness of the Nigerian politicians to protect the country residents from the insurgents.
“Federal government seems to be toying with the lives and limbs of the Christians in northern Nigeria for political gains. While Boko Haram and the Fulani militias and their sponsors are killing innocent Nigerian citizens, the government seems not to care and has abdicated its responsibility to protect lives.”
He kept on criticizing the authorities over their failure to face the security challenges.
“There have been protracted attacks by Fulani and other ethnic militia in Nasarawa, Benue, Plateau and many other state in the north, yet the government seems not to have bothered to find any lasting solution.”
Kadzair, also the chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) youth wing in the North Central zone, called for the external intervention as the Federal Government’s response has pleaded no positive results.
“We have lost confidence in the federal government of Nigeria; the United Nation must intervene and declare north eastern Nigeria a UN territory with immediate effect and send in UN peace keeping troops to secure the lives of the remaining traumatized people.”
Meanwhile today, November 25, the capital of Borno State, Maiduguri, was hit by a ghastly attack when two suicide bombers detonated the explosive near the popular market.
The data about the number of casualties are still sketchy. According to various sources, from 30 to 60 people were killed in the attack.
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