The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, has bemoaned the brutal killing of Rev. Father John Mark Chietnum of Kafanchan Diocese by bandits in Kaduna State blaming it on poor leadership.
Speaking through a statement by Valentine Obienyem, his Media Aide, Obi described Chietnum’s death as ‘among the many needless bloodletting in the country arising from poor leadership that need to be changed’.
Africa Today News, New York reports that until his death, Rev. Chietnum was the Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Jema’a Local Government Area and also the coordinating CAN Chairman, Southern Kaduna and was a great advocate for the rescuing of Nigeria.
Obi regretted that he was unable to attend the burial of Chietnum but sent his heart felt condolences to the family, the Kafanchan Catholic Diocese and the Catholic community in the country.
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The presidential candidate also condemed the killing of some Nigerians in Mgbidi area of Imo state.
He said none of the blood of innocent Nigerians shed would be in vain as they would all be martyrs for the revival of Nigeria.
Obi said the insecurity in the country made it imperative that the youths must rise in unison irrespective of religion, tribe or geography to take back their country.
Africa Today News, New York reports that one of the foremost Catholic clerics in Chikun, Kaduna State, Dr. Moses Bonugada had revealed that Catholic Priests are now the main kidnap targets in the State while raising an alarm over bandits’ persistent attacks on clerics in Kaduna State.
He had also specifically expressed pains over the kidnap and torture of two Catholic Priests on Friday, July 15, 2022.
Bonugada, while speaking with Newsmen in Kaduna last Saturday had also expressed worries over the increased attack on Catholic priests in the State for the past six months.
According to him, the Christian body and their leaders are peaceful, wondering why bandits have continued to beam their searchlights on Catholic priests.