Bishop Stanford Nwogu, the Chairman, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Imo chapter, has cautioned against reprisal attack on any religious group over Thursday’s killing of an Igbo woman in Kano over alleged blasphemy.
Nwogu in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Sunday in Owerri, said though the killing of an innocent woman was condemnable, but taking to religious war would not solve the problem.
He said Christians and Igbos must rely on the promises of President Muhammadu Buhari to bring the perpetrators of the evil to book.
He said nobody has the right to take another person’s life in the disguise of religion.
“It is really wickedness that some people will gather to execute a fellow human in the name of religion.
“Government must do everything possible to prosecute those involve in the ugly act because everybody is watching government’s next line of action”, he said.
Nwogu added that the matter must not be swept under the carpet, adding that government may risk the possibility of people taking to self-help if the issue was not treated accordingly.
He also urged Nigerian government to try and meet the UN recommendation of policing; adding that under policing in a nation like Nigeria was a security threat.
“If we had enough police officers where the incident happened, maybe the woman would have been rescued”, he said.
Also speaking, the General Oversea of Freedom Faith Assembly, Bishop Joshua Imoh, condemned the killing adding that no religion teaches followers to killing innocent people.
Imoh, who is also a United Nations Peace Ambassador, wondered why Christians are always the target.
He said though a reprisal attack was not a better option, but urged Igbo leaders to rise up and speak with one voice.(NAN)