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From Ali Abare, Gombe
The Lord Bishop of Gombe Anglican Diocese, Right Rev. Henry Ndukuba, has blamed Nigerian elite for manipulating situations to their advantage at the detriment of the common people.
The Bishop, who spoke to journalists, on Thursday, in Gombe, against the backdrop of ethnic agitations across the country, came down hard on the elite for creating the problems being faced by the country.
“The major problem of this country is not with the common man, it is the elite who manipulate situations and create situations for their own advantage so that they will be able to maintain their positions and relevance,” he said.
While calling on Nigerians not to fall to the gimmicks of the elite by going into any form of crises, the clergyman called on Nigerians to continue to pray for the peace of the country.
“We want to ask that every Nigerian to be patient with one another,” he added.
The Anglican Bishop condemned the raging sectional agitations from different parts of the country, stressing that Nigeria’s indivisibility remains sacrosanct and that no section or geo-political zone should take advantage of the others.
“We stand on the indivisibility of Nigeria and we want to plead for peace because it is better for us to belong together in this entity,” the Bishop said.
Speaking on the lingering communal clashes in parts of Gombe South Senatorial zone, Rev. Ndukuba said crises hinders the spread of the gospel and angers the togetherness of one another.
“We have established ten churches out of mission outreach and most of these churches are in Gombe South or Tangale/Waja area. We fight ourselves and then come to the holy temple to take communion.
“Any believer that calls himself a Christian that goes along burning, killing or attacking a fellow believer or any other person at all, is not worthy of his calling because all of us are created in the image of God,” he pointed out.
