The Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama, has said that recent coup scrae was an indication that things were not right with the leadership of the country.
Kaigama stated this during an interactive session with journalists in Abuja as part of activities to mark the 2021 World Communications Day, Friday in Abuja.
According to him, Nigerians want was a stable democracy, a democracy that was productive and sensitive to the need of the common man, a democracy that addresses hunger, addresses basic necessities.
He, therefore, called on government to embrace dialogue across religious and ethnic lines to find a lasting solution to insecurity.
“At the moment, insecurity is the greatest challenge facing our country. Boko Haram has menacingly ravaged the land, the herdsmen/farmer menace has festered and spread and has today developed into banditry, kidnapping, armed robbery, and brutal killings,” he stated.
On the comments attributed to the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, Kaigama said the minister’s apology has been accepted a Christians, however, he still has explanations to make to Nigerians.
“He is a minister of the federal government. I don’t decide what should happen, but I think the Minister has a lot of explanation to do to the Nigerians,” he noted.
