Primate of Methodist Church in Abuja, Rev. Samuel Chukwuemeka Uche has called on the federal government to enact a law that would make it possible for any Presidential candidate who misbehave to be imprisoned for 12 years. He called on the Senate President, David Mark to initiate such law that should be passed within the next two weeks.
Rev. Samuel, in his sermon today to mark the Armed Forces Remembrance Day in Abuja remarked: “Any presidential aspirant (candidate) that misbehaves should be imprisoned for at least 12 years. I thank God the Senate President is here. There should be a law that will see to it that such people should be in prison not the one that will take three years to pass, but the one that will be passed two weeks before elections.”
He frowned at those he said, threatening to form a parallel government or those inviting the military, adding that such people are committing felony and that they should be in prison “because they are committing treason.”
He cautioned against attempt by group of people to Christianize or Islamize Nigeria, saying that it would end in futility because it can never be possible.
Rev. Samuel spoke about the menace of Boko Haram which he said would have been eliminated but had never been impossible because of many disgruntled elements who are involved.
“These people who allow themselves to be compromised are within the political elites, some are within the armed forces and other intuitions.These disgruntled country men and women have made themselves enemies of Nigeria. These people sabotage every effort of government to bring peace in the North east of Nigeria.
“Some shameless individuals and groups make such utterances and use grievous situation as a tool for politicking, blaming the government in power as doing nothing to solve the problem of insurgency. Who is deceiving who?
“I believe that Nigerians are wiser and our people know that it is sabotage that is making it impossible for our armed forces to recover the Chibok girls.
“But why should people wage war against their country? Let me reveal to you this evening and at this important service at this juncture, that some of our soldiers because you know we Bishops we have impact in the society, we relate with soldiers and all manner of people. And some of the people in war front have confided in us that apart from some mercenaries from Chad, Libya as well as Somalia, 95 per cent of those fighting our country are Fulani and Kanuri origin. And this brings me to the critical question: why are they aggrieved? Two, who are their sponsors?
“Let me attempt to answer question one. They are aggrieved because they want power at all costs. Ehey believe Nigeria belongs to them alone and they are born to rule while others follow. It is deceit.
“The second is that they want to Islamize Nigeria and build a parallel caliphate different from the one we know in Sokoto. This can never happen.
“The answer to number two: who are their sponsors? Their sponsors are fellow disgruntled Nigerians who hate their fellow countrymen. They are building their sky scrapers in the hemisphere and have no foundations; their building must collapse.” [myad]
