“If the militants do not stop this madness, we will fight them spiritually and subdue them.”
Bishop Eze, who gave the warning in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Owerri said: “the Avengers are not fighting a just cause because their activities are affecting and threatening the peace of the nation. Nigerian oil is a natural gift from God and nobody has the right to destroy it.”
The Bishop who was reacting to the incessant attacks on oil pipelines by the new militant group, the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), said that if the Avengers were aggrieved over any issue, they should address it in a civil manner rather than threaten the country.
According to the general overseer, who is also a UN Peace Ambassador, the avengers are incurring the wrath of God by their activities, stressing that if the country must remain one, no group should threaten the peaceful existence of the nation in the name of militancy.
Bishop Eze blamed Niger Delta leaders for allowing the situation to get out of hand, adding: “the leaders in the Niger Delta region are to be blamed because they are the people that groomed the militants and they should call them to order.
“How can there be governors, senators, traditional rulers and other top government officials from the region; and yet they cannot caution their children from destroying government assets.” The clergyman encouraged the Federal Government to take a critical look into the issue and handle it with diplomacy. (NAN). [myad]
