The serving overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, Nigeria, Pastor Tunde Bakare, on Monday broke his silence on the killing and setting ablaze of a 200-level female student of the Shehu Shagari College of Education, Deborah Samuel, over alleged blasphemy, describing it as a wake-up call for the nation to reflect on its common humanity and reject every form of savagery.
The fiery Lagos preacher who is also a presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in an exclusive response to enquiry by LEADERSHIP did not only condemn the gruesome killing of Deborah Samuel over alleged blasphemy but said it was high time the government ended such killings.
He said, “The horrifyingly wicked killing of Deborah
Samuel is a wake-up call for the nation to once again reflect on its common humanity and reject every form of savagery.
“We must all, at this time, set aside our differences, be they religious, ethnic or political differences and come together to say never again should this happen to any Nigerian.
“It was with deep distress that I received the news of the gruesome killing of Deborah Samuel in Shehu Shagari College of Education, in Sokoto State. No Nigerian, and indeed, no human being, should be subjected to such inhumanity by fellow humans.
“As a nation of diverse peoples and cultures, there are available institutional mechanisms for resolving sensitive conflicts and, no matter the provocation, no person under our laws has the right to take laws into their own hands.”
