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By David Onwuchekwa, Nnewi
The National President of the Knights of Saint Mulumba (KSM) Nigeria, Sir Steve Zakari Adehi (SAN), has declared that the Order is not a secret society.
Speaking at his maiden media briefing in Onitsha following his election, the Supreme Knight also raised the alarm over rising poverty and systemic failures in Nigeria’s justice system.
Sir Adehi criticised the nation’s reliance on incarceration, arguing that it failed to address the root causes of crime. “A society that only builds prisons without repairing pathways to dignity will continue to recycle human beings through suffering,” he stated.
He highlighted KSM’s active role in correctional centres, providing welfare and legal advocacy for inmates held for long periods without trial. “Justice must be something the poor can feel, not just something the powerful can afford,” Adehi added.
Beyond legal advocacy, the Supreme Knight detailed KSM’s extensive humanitarian efforts, including poverty alleviation, sustained feeding programmes for IDP camps and the elderly, subsidizing fees for indigent students, providing infrastructure support to parish schools andfunding rural medical outreaches covering surgeries and maternal care.
Adehi clarified that KSM is a purely Catholic Order dedicated to moral formation and supporting government efforts toward national recovery.
