Nigerians Are Being Killed. You're Sitting There, You're Making Evil Law. We'll Break That Law

National President of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, Bishop Francis Wale Oke, has accused the Senate of ignoring the killing of Nigerians, particularly Christians, while focusing on legislation he described as an evil law to stop Christians from preaching in buses, vowing that the church will disobey this law.

Speaking in an interview with Channels Television, Bishop Oke made this statement while he was asked whether the PFN had tried to engage President Bola Tinubu directly and whether the Church should be doing more lobbying to influence this law.

He said the PFN is working on lobbying and making presentations to the presidency and the Senate and that attempts are being made to reach the president. He declined to speak publicly on the details of those engagements with the president.

However, he stressed that the Church is under pressure and feels unheard. According to him, a responsible government should not dismiss an accusation as serious as Christian genocide.

He advised the government to invite Church leaders to the table. He said the facts of Christian genocide are everywhere, citing recent reports of killings in Benue, Plateau, Borno, and Kaduna.

Bishop Oke argued that the primary target of the violence is the Church and Christian communities. He acknowledged that some Muslims are also being killed but said those are mostly liberal Muslims who support religious freedom and are targeted by extremists who disagree with that view.

He alleged that the broader goal of the attackers is to wipe out Christians and turn Nigeria into an Islamic state. He said the Senate should be focused on that crisis.

In his words, “They want to make Nigeria an Islamic state. That is what the Senate should be concerned about. If such things are going on, 20 killed in Benin, 20 killed in Borno State, in Plateau, and in Kaduna.”

“The Senate should invite the church. A Senate that cares should invite the church for a talk. Nigerians are being killed. You are sitting there; you are making evil law. We will break that law…See_More