President of the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA), Rev. Stephen Baba Panya, has said that the people’s confidence in the Nigerian Military and other security agencies is fast eroding.

The comment from Rev. Baba is following the recent attacks that saw many Irigwe people dead and houses burnt in Miango Village of Bassa Council of Plateau State by alleged Fulani militia. 

The ECWA had claimed that the attack happened without any intervention from the military and other security agencies, adding that the army could not be seen as an unbiased protector.

Speaking with the press at its headquarters in Jos, Panya said the sad and inexplicable aspect was that many of the villages, where the killings and burnings occurred, are located behind the 3 Armoured Division Barracks of the Nigerian Army and other security agencies.

“Yet, these militias are allowed to continue their heinous murders and carnage without any intervention by the Nigerian Army and other security agencies. This is fast eroding the confidence of the populace in the military and security agencies, as unbiased protectors of all, devoid of tribe, ethnicity, and religion,” he contended.

He, therefore, called on the state, federal governments, and security agencies to intervene and prevail on the army to stop the genocide. He added that government must rise up to its responsibility of protecting citizens’ lives and property, irrespective of tribes, ethnicity, or religion, “otherwise the country will quickly degenerate into total anarchy.

“We also pray that the incidence will not end as usual, with no single AK-47 wielding militia arrested, prosecuted, and brought to justice, while the indigenous locals, who tried to defend themselves with crude instruments, are paraded as aggressors, as happened in past incidences. Justice must be done and seen to be done…”

He also urged both federal and state governments to urgently send relief materials to the displaced and distressed victims, as well as deposit funds with reputable hospitals for treatment of victims that sustained injuries.

“We are also calling on well-meaning Nigerians to be their brothers’ keepers and open up their homes for the displaced persons, provide support for food, water, clothing and medical services for victims…”

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