“Why I’m Distressed, Depressed” – President Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari today, November 6th revealed that he is
“distressed and depressed by the atrocious ethnoreligious killings”
across the country.
He made this known while speaking when he received leaders of the Church
of Christ in Nations, COCIN, led by Rev Dr Dachollom Datiri, at the
Presidential Villa, Abuja, Buhari appealed to Nigerians to learn to live
together in peace and harmony.
Buhari urged religious, community and traditional leaders to do more in
promoting peaceful co-existence among Nigerians at different walks of
life. He said,
”As an organised institution (COCIN), I have no reason to doubt your
report on the atrocities being committed in your communities including
the killing of Idris Alkali, a retired Major-General, the dumping of his
car into a pond and the body of the deceased thrown into a disused
well.
”The communities (in Plateau) have lived long enough to know that there
is nothing they can do without each other than to live together in
harmony.
”As leaders, we must persuade the upcoming generation, using every
channel particularly the educational institutions, to live together with
our neighbours.’’
Buhari, who used the occasion to underscore the important roles
religious leaders play in engendering peace, lauded the exemplary role
of the Imam in Plateau State who risked his life to save hundreds of
Christian families fleeing attacks, in June.
”It is not all Muslims that are against Christians and neither are all
Christians against Muslims. The leadership in the respective religions
have to work harder to make sure they convince the coming generation
that they have to live together in the same country,” he said.
The President assured the Christian delegation that he will continue to
exert pressure on the Nigeria Police Force to do the needful in
protecting lives and property.
”In our security arrangement, the police is in the frontline in making
sure that communities, irrespective of ethnic or religious bias, live
together in peace,” he said, adding that “Nigeria cannot afford to take
its unity for granted and allow a return to the unfortunate perils of a
civil war.”
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