Insecurity: Army warns religious leaders against inciting sermons

The General Officer Commanding 3 Division of the Nigerian Army and Commander, Operation Safe Haven, (OPSH), Major-General AE Abubakar, has urged religious leaders in Plateau State to refrain from making inciting sermons capable of creating violence in the state.

The army general also stressed that any religious leader found wanting would be held responsible for their actions.

Daily Trust on Sunday reports that Plateau has in the last two decades, suffered a series of ethno-religious violence, where hundreds of people, including women and children, were killed.

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Addressing the religious leaders on Saturday during a symposium at the 3 Division of the Nigerian army, Rukuba Barrack, Jos, Major-General Abubakar said the aim of organising the event was to foster greater understanding and collaboration between security agencies and religious leaders in promoting peaceful coexistence in the state.

On his part, The Reverend Father Boniface Nkum said, “All communities must educate their clergymen on the need for religious harmony and the tolerance for other faiths and the need for them to keep their sermon within the realm of moderation and modesty.”