"Muslim clerics must not keep quiet but must speak out and condemn the massacre of Catholics by Fulani bandits," Mr. HURIWA leadership also calls upon the Nigerian Inter-Religious Council to rise to the occasion and collectively condemn the heinous action. “HURIWA calls on security agencies in the internal security institutions all headed by Muslims to be guided by conscience and put an end to the targeted persecution of Catholics in the country," the National Coordinator of the Nigerian human rights entity says. In the August 15 report, the leadership of the civil rights advocacy group highlights the Pentecost Sunday massacre as another example of kidnappings and killings that target Catholics and underlines the need for the Muslim-led security agencies in Africa’s most populous nation to be "guided by conscience". "The President did nothing to arrest the soldiers involved in these daredevil crimes of kidnap-for-ransom," he further says, adding that it is such inability to arrest kidnappers that compelled Igbo youths to form Eastern Security Network to protect themselves. "This latest kidnap-for-ransom happened at the checkpoint of soldiers and is exactly this same nexus between these kidnappers and soldiers that emerged from the disclosure of the prelate of the Methodist church who was recently kidnapped and freed upon payment of ransom," the official of HURIWA is quoted as saying in the August 15 report. Onwubiko adds, “It is worrisome that despite the killing of over 12 Catholic Priests in 2022 and the abduction of scores of Catholic Priests all over the country, the present regime and security agencies have left the ugly trend to continue." “The recurring killings and kidnappings of Catholic Priests all over the country is another loud sign of the failure of the regime of the President Muhammadu Buhari," Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko is quoted as saying.
In a Monday, August 15 report, HURIWA’s National Coordinator makes reference to the reported kidnapping and release of a Spiritan Priest and Seminarian saying the August 12 abduction happened at a soldiers' checkpoint. The leadership of Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has decried the "recurring killing and kidnapping of Catholic Priests" in the West African country, terming it a sign of failure on the part of Nigeria’s Federal government.
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