The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, on Saturday stated that Nigerians do not want more wars.
Adeboye, during the ongoing 71st annual convention of the church, holding at the Redemption Camp, stated that Nigerian is already plagued with various wars, such as herdsmen, unknown gunmen and the likes and it won’t be right for the nation to invite more wars.
“We don’t want more wars , we are still battling the ones we are fighting, we don’t want fresh ones, either within or outside our borders”, he said.
This is coming less than 48 hours following the extraordinary summit of the Economy Community of West African States which ordered the deployment of the bloc’s standby force to restore constitutional order in Niger Republic.
ECOWAS was also reported to have called on the United Nations, partner countries, and other institutions to support its efforts to ensure a quick restoration of constitutional order in Niger Republic.
President of Cote d’Ivoire, Alhassan Ouatarra, after the summit while speaking to journalists stated, “We had a very good summit. We thank President Tinubu for having invited us, for his hospitality and the people of Nigeria.
“As you’re aware this is the second summit in 10 days that we have organized on Niger and this is a critical problem we have to solve.
“As you’re aware, ECOWAS has taken many decisions in the past, legal and factual about coup d’etat and the community has always condemned coup d’etat and coup d’etat have happened in many countries in the sub-region. ECOWAS has intervened in the past in Liberia, Sierra Leone recently in Gambia, Guinea Bissau and today we have a similar situation in Niger.
“I’d like to say that ECOWAS cannot accept this. This is not a matter of Nigeria against Niger, not at all. The decision that we have made today and I hope it would be implemented immediately is a decision of ECOWAS, all the heads of state think that we have tried dialogue with the putschists.”
