Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, Delta State Governor, yesterday decried the rising cases of kidnapping, killings and attacks on clergy men and worship centres in the country.
Speaking yesterday in Asaba during a security seminar tagged, ” Securing worship centres and clergymen in contemporary Nigeria” Okowa who was represented by the State Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu stated that while security agents were working hard to apprehend the perpetrators of heinous crimes, it had become imperative to equip church leaders and families with basic knowledge on personal security and safety at places of worship.
According to him, ” In recent times, the nation has witnessed rising cases of pastors abducted and sometimes killed, or in some cases ransomed.
“Although no fatality has been recorded among abducted clergymen in Delta, yet this unholy trend calls for concern.
“Given the turbulence and uncertainties that have plagued this nation in our recent political history, there is no gainsaying the fact that it is the prayer of the righteous that have kept this country together,” he stated.
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