Catholic Bishops raise alarm over worsening insecurity

Catholic Bishops in the South East have alerted that Nigeria is in great danger.

They however, called on  President Muhammadu Buhari to, immediately, adopt a new spirit and approach to governance and issues of security.

The Bishops while speaking after an emergency meeting on the state of the nation, at the Basilica of the Most Holy Trinity, Onitsha, the bishops decried the rising level of violence and insecurity across the country.

The meeting attended by bishops and auxiliary bishops of all Catholic dioceses in the South East was chaired by Archbishop Anthony Obinna of Owerri Ecclesiastical Province and hosted by Archbishop Valerian Okeke of Onitsha Archdiocese.

Also speaking, the Metropolitan Catholic Archbishop of Onitsha Province, Most Rev. Valerian Okeke, decried the lopsidedness in the application of justice in Nigeria and called on government to be fair minded in dealing with the people.