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Catholic bishops have decried the actions and pronouncements of agents of the Federal Government with regards to the fight against insecurity in the country, saying they were rendering the actions of state governors ineffective.
The bishops said: “It is frustrating to see governors, constitutionally empowered as the first security officers of their states being impeded and rendered ineffective by mitigating actions and pronouncements allegedly made on behalf of the Federal Government when they take lawful steps to respond to security needs in their states.”
The Catholic Bishops of Ibadan Ecclesiastical Province, who stated this in a communiqué at the end of their meeting in Ibadan, on Tuesday, held that “such manner of governance that exerts itself to protect the interest of a segment of the population at the expense of the security of lives and properties of the majority makes the emergence of militias and self-appointed messiahs inevitable.”