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Anglican Bishop of Enugu Diocese, Rt Rev Prof Samuel Obiajulu Ike has charged the Federal Government of Nigeria to discontinue its programme of reintegrating repentant terrorists.
Bishop Ike gave the complaint successful the statesmanlike code helium delivered connected Friday astatine the 3rd league of the 19th Synod of the Diocese held astatine St. Peter’s Anglican Church, Ogbete, Enugu.
He urged President Bola Tinubu to extremity the reintegration of the alleged ‘repentant terrorists’ into the captious aspects of the society, insisting that those progressive successful coercion should beryllium prosecuted alternatively than rehabilitated.
While expressing interest implicit the level of insecurity successful Nigeria, Bishop Ike said contempt allocating N5.41 trillion, astir 9.3 per cent of the projected N58.47 trillion 2026 budget, to information and defence, determination has been nary important betterment successful security.
The cleric, who spoke connected a wide scope of issues, condemned the argumentation of rehabilitating repentant terrorists, arguing that those liable for killings and different convulsive crimes indispensable look justice.
“In a nine wherever a antheral is sentenced to decease for defending himself against terrorists and different is prosecuted for stealing a goat, terrorists indispensable besides beryllium made to look proceedings for their heinous crimes,” helium said.
He urged the President to authorisation furniture members allegedly symp...
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