The National Association of Catholic Lawyers (NACL) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently convene a security summit to address the unending security challenges faced by Nigerians
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Catholic lawyers call for a summit to address insecurity in the country ; no news of the kidnapped priest NIGERIA 2021-05-24
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - President Muhammadu Buhari should immediately convene a summit on security in Nigeria . This is what the National Association of Catholic Lawyers (NACL) is asking in the face of the increasing acts of violence against innocent citizens, including massacres, murders and kidnappings for extortion purposes. In a statement signed by the President and the National Secretary, lawyers Chukwuma Ezeala and Angela Odunukwe, we read: We condemn in the strongest terms the rampant violence committed by criminal elements that operate almost unhindered, and we ask the police, the armed forces and other law enforcement agencies to redouble their efforts to ensure the safety of life and property of Nigerians . The Federal Constitution, Catholic lawyers recall, establishes that the safety of citizens is one of the ma
May 24, 2021
CWN Editor s Note: In Nigeria, the National Association of Catholic Lawyers has called upon President Muhammadu Buhari to convene a “summit meeting” to plan an effective response to the escalating pattern of violence against Christians. The group remarked that Nigeria’s constitution guarantees security for all citizens, and that guarantee has been nullified by “the rampant violence committed by criminal elements that operate almost unhindered.”
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