Killings in Nigeria symptomatic of a failed state –Gov Dickson

Bayelsa State governor, Seriake Dickson has lamented how people are being slaughtered ‘mercilessly’ and ‘remorselessly’ in many parts of the country on daily basis.

He described the killings across the country, especially in the North, as “symptomatic of a failed state,” and called on God to intervene in the Nigerian situation, adding that people must rise up to pray.

A statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Francis Agbo, quoted him as saying this at the national prayer conference organised by Nigeria Prays at the Ecumenical Centre, Yenagoa, the state capital.

Part of the statement read, “In this country, God’s children, human beings irrespective of the God they worship are being slaughtered mercilessly, remorselessly in many parts of the country.

“Our nation is bleeding; we must unite in prayers and resolve to do what is right and fair. Our nation should be a nation of fairness, justice, equity, equal citizenship and united by common ideals of being the greatest black nation.

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“We are united by our common shared humanity and nationality, so injustice and unfairness anywhere should be a concern to anyone and everyone in our nation. I join you in praying that the bloodletting, unnecessary killings in our nation under any shape or guise ends in Jesus name.

“God should intervene so that people will feel the need to do the right thing, be fair and just to one another. Anyone who denies his fellow man justice is less human than his victim because what qualifies us humans created in the image of God is our believe in doing what is right and just.

“So I call for a just, egalitarian, fair Nigeria where everyone is proud to call his or her country. No one should play the ostrich”.

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