Igbo leaders have been reminded that fleeing their ancestral homes is not the best way to tackle the scourge of kidnapping in the land and neither is the situation going to be made any better by having police escort.
The Anglican Bishop of Okigwe Diocese, Dr. Edward Osuegbu, who stated in an interview with Vanguard in Owerri, urged Ndigbo to find a lasting solution to the problem of kidnapping and other crimes militating against the welfare of the citizens and development of the area.
“It is no longer news that while many prominent Igbo sons and daughters now fear to come home, others have sent their children overseas and to neighbouring African countries”, he said with grief.
While condemning kidnapping in very strong terms, the Anglican cleric however, blamed the crime on crave for material wealth and lack of the fear of God.
“Let me use this opportunity to plead with our public office holders and wealthy people in our midst to please stop exhibiting their wealth carelessly. Such acts send the wrong signals, especially to fickle minded individuals”, he pleaded.
On the proliferation of churches, Dr. Osuegbu lamented that people now run churches as business concerns, because of the level of joblessness in the land, pointing out that gullible people run to them because they promise instant miracles, security, prosperity, easy marriage and every imaginable thing under the sun.
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