The Chairman, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Benue State chapter, Rev. Akpen Leva, says the nation “is in a pool of blood everywhere”.
He lamented that the nation was currently on “life support”.
Leva stated this while commenting on the state of security in the nation.
The cleric said that for the nation to experience peace, its people must come together for the sake of dialogue.
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Leva stated that the Federal Government has a responsibility to ensure security of lives and property of the citizens, adding that “I think the Federal Government is capable of redeeming this seemingly impossible situation”.
The CAN Chairman advised FG to seriously the creation of state police as being advocated by many Nigerians.
“The Federal Government has the architecture of security and I think if the Federal Government steps up seriously, we will be able to resolve the issue.
“Also, Nigerians need to come together. You would see that because Nigeria is on life support, many regions are coming up with their own security outfits.
“Look at the Vigilante, Amotekun and the rest of the regional security that are coming up, because sometimes, it seems as if the regions may not trust the national security in defending them.
“And so, regions are coming up with something that will supplement the efforts of the conventional security that we have in this nation. And that is why we are all calling for the state police because people that are indigenes know their terrains better than people that you may bring from elsewhere to come and protect the people.
“And some people feel that the security men are not protecting them enough. Some of them are compromising.
“These are very serious issues in this nation and we need to come together as a nation and as a people to sit and talk because Nigeria is the only country God has given to us,” Leva said.