Convene national conference on security now, Baptist Convention tells Tinubu

The Nigerian Baptist Convention (NBC) has urged President Bola Tinubu to arsenic a substance of urgency convene a nationalist league connected information comprising erstwhile presidents, heads of state, arsenic good arsenic existent and erstwhile information chiefs to trade a caller information blueprint for the country.

The President of NBC, Rev Israel Akanji, said this connected Friday, astatine a briefing connected the 112th yearly league of the church, tagged, ‘Entering into Newness done Fasting and Prayer,’ slated for April 26 to May 1, 2025, astatine the Baptist International Convention Centre.

The cleric expressed heavy interest implicit the escalating insecurity successful the country, citing the alarming complaint of unprovoked killings, genocide, kidnapping, terror, and banditry attacks.

He stressed the request for corporate enactment to code the information situation, which has led to wide burials successful respective states.

Akanji attributed the existent information challenges to the compromised information architecture inherited by the contiguous administration.

The cleric condemned the caller wide killings successful assorted states, including Plateau and Benue, describing the concern arsenic “totally unacceptable and reprehensible.”

He called for accelerated prosecution of those liable for insecurity and advocated for authorities police, citing the inadequacy of the existent policing system.

He besides urged the judicial strategy and the constabulary to accelerate the prosecution of those liable for insecurity.

He emphasised the request for urgent enactment to code the information situation, informing against paying articulator work to the contented oregon allowing impunity to persist.