By Alltimepost.com
Acting President Yemi Osibanjo on Tuesday at the 14th Biannual Conference of Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) in Benin, preached forgiveness, urged Nigerians to embrace love, saying “Hate is the device of the devil.”
According to him, hate is man’s greatest enemy, recalling that the country witnessed brutal killings of men and women in the past few years.
He added that “the history of blood and religious conflict extends every Nigerian government.”
Osibanjo, therefore, urged Christians not to be despised by others, saying “It is the burden of the Gospel”.
He explained that everything about the gospel contradicted the flesh, saying as far as the gospel is concerned, the way to live and be fruitful was to die.
He went down memory lane on religious crisis dating back to 1979 with the Maitasine crisis in Borno that left many dead to date, Suicide bombers and those ready to die with their victims detonate thier bombs at the public place; motor garage and market places.
He urged Christians to live in peace with one another.
On the Southern Kaduna Killings, he said “investigations are ongoing; I can’t make any categorical statement”.
The Federal Government has taken steps by first aligning with the state governor who is the chief security officer of the state, and who is working with the police as the first respondents.
It is not true to say that Federal Government is silent about the killings: it is not true.
Troops were sent in after a security council briefing was received from the state and police, after they found themselves not being able to curtail the killings.
Every Nigerian leader, whether Christian or Muslim, had tried to solve the problem of religious crisis and none succeeded.
In many respect, the failure of our criminal justice system to punish culprits has not helped matters.
Why is it that no government has succeeded in stopping these age-long killings?,” he asked.
He therefore urged Christians to love and forgive their enemies, irrespective of the harm done to them.
