President of Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, Wale Oke, said the President had failed to secure Nigerians and should be removed if it would bring the desired peace and security to the country.

Oke, who is the Presiding Bishop of The Sword of the Spirit Ministries, Ibadan, capital of Oyo State, said these in a message he delivered in the early hours of Saturday at a vigil organised by his church.

A statement by the PFN president’s media aide, Kayode Oladeji, quoted the cleric as saying this during a vigil held at the Precious Cornerstone University Garden of Victory, Ibadan. The university is owned by the church.

With killings going across the country on daily basis while security agencies remain helpless, Oke said Nigeria had become a war-ravaged country.

He said, “The President should be removed if that would pave the way for the desired peace in the country. In the 1960s when Nigeria fought a civil war, the eastern part of the nation was the theatre of war. Sadly today, everywhere in Nigeria is a theatre of war with killings and bloodshed going on in the country every day.

“Some wicked people kidnapped some students and demanded N800m for their release; they killed them. The government did not lift a finger and you are telling me that the President has not failed. Buhari has failed. For the first time, I have found myself praying that God should remove Buhari.

“They kidnapped students without the government doing anything and you are telling me that the government has not failed. Are you saying we cannot move against an incompetent government whose security apparatus has collapsed?”

The cleric accused the Buhari regime of treating killer herdsmen with kid gloves.

He said the Fulani people who were less than 10 per cent of the population of the country were being fingered in most of the killings across the country and the President did not do anything about it.

The bishop further said, “It is a shame that government could not protect those in Internally Displaced Persons camps which led to the massacre of a number of them in Benue State. The Presidency is now attacking Governor (Samuel) Ortom who was weeping over his people that were slaughtered.

“Give us peace by all means even if it means removing an incompetent and a failed President. Oh God, do it quickly and give us peace by all means. Give us a quick change at the top level of government of Nigeria.”

He invoked the wrath of God on the troublers of Nigeria and their sponsors in a congregational prayer he led.

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