Cleric Tasks Jonathan On Security

President Goodluck Jonathan, has been advised to take decisive steps in addressing the security challenges in the country.

The General Overseer of Abundant Life Evangel Mission (ALEM), Apostle Eugene Ogu gave the advice in an interview with newsmen at the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa.

He decried the spate of killings in Northern parts of the country in recent times and urged the President to take drastic measures to put to an end this miserable development.

He noted that various cabals that had held this country to ransome in the past were not happy that President Jonathan was committed to doing things right as clearly manifested in the successful conduct of the last general elections.

According to him, “the jilters we see in the various faces that are being manifesting today like the Boko Haram, are faces of protest, faces of reaction that are telling us why change the status quo”.

Apostle Ogu described the killings in Plateau, Kaduna, Borno and Bauchi states as ethnic cleansing and enjoined the President to rise up to the occasion as the Commander-In-Chief of  the Armed Forces of Federal Republic of Nigeria.

“The Jonathan we all know is a dove, Jonathan we know is a lamb, Jonathan we know is a hen; he is not an eagle or a lion that can confront these challenges head-on. However, he should cease to be Jonathan and be Commander-In-Chief so that he will be able to face the challenges that are arising”.

He stated that most of those who were arrested over the bomb blasts and killings in the North were said to be foreigners who passed through the Nigerian borders and wondered how they made it without the consent of the security agents at the borders.

The General Overseer of ALEM expressed dissatisfaction with the security agencies and urged the President to wield the big stick to enable them take their jobs seriously.

“And he (President) must confront these problems, there must be surgical operations on the security agencies in Nigeria. There must be retirement and mass transfer in the SSS, Police, Army, Navy, Airforce, Customs and Immigration”, he said.

He said the President should match his words with action to instill confidence in his leadership of the country.

“If he says enough is enough, it’s not the language of a lamb, is the language of a lion, the language of a tiger. He must apply the strength that is required, else he might be surprised at what is coming ahead”, he added.