By Imanuel Jannah

ABUJA—The Primate of All Nigeria Anglican Communion, Most Rev. Nicholas Okoh, has urged the federal government to investigate and prosecute those responsible for the barbaric attacks in several Christian communities in Southern part of Kaduna State.

Primate of the Anglican Church in Nigeria, Most Reverend Nicholas Okoh

Okoh made the appeal on the sidelines of the 2016 Carnival for Christ, organized during the weekend, by the Abuja Diocese of the Anglican Communion to mark its 27th anniversary.

The Primate, who also called for increased security across the nation, described the spate of killings in Southern Kaduna as embarrassing to the nation.

He said the renewed killings perpetrated by a faceless group of murderers were a mark of the federal government’s inability to rise to the essence of governance which, according to him, is the protection of the people.

“The government is responsible for the protection of the people. That is the essence of governance. So, I call on the leadership of the country to bear in mind that protecting the people from external and internal aggressors is the reason people voted for them. So they should rise to that mandate and protect the people,” he said.

The cleric also said that  the Christian Association of Nigeria, CA, was worried that the government was not doing enough, which was why the association requested, through its President,

Rev. Samson Ayokunle, that President Muhammadu Buhari redouble his efforts towards ending the incessant killings.

He added the killings were unacceptable, saying “we cannot continue to have these incidences repeat themselves over and over again.”