over 234 female students that were
Prophet Ikechukwu Samuel, a renowned preacher
and General Overseer of Shiloh Word Chapel (aka
Faith Nations), has warned President Goodluck
Jonathan not release any detained member of the
radical Islamist sect, Boko Haram in exchange for
the
kidnapped from GGSS, Chibok, Borno State on
April 14.
The clergyman, who gave the warning in Abuja while
speaking with the Punch ahead of the forthcoming
third anniversary of the church, said "it would be a
costly and regrettable mistake", pointing out that if
the president should give in to the demands of the
sect, it would worsen the security challenges in the
North East as well as that of the entire country.
President Goodluck Jonathan
Samuel, who noted that such move will be a stigma
on the federal government also supported the
recommendation of the ongoing National Conference
that religious organisations should pay taxes to
government.
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"Nobody is above the law, be it the church or
mosque. Whether you are a leader in the mosque or
church, it is only you that knows your mission and
heart, but only God knows who is sincerely
worshipping Him. So if you are really called by God,
you must abide by the recommendation of the
National Conference, whenever it becomes law, for
religious organizations to pay taxes. Nobody knows
the income of these organizations, except the
leadership sets up a committee to cross-check the
achievements. If the government finally takes the
decision, everybody must be involved" he said.
The Cleric, however, urged Boko Haram members to
have a change of heart and stop the killings in order
to avoid God's anger, insisting that government
would regret exchanging the abducted girls for
Islamist detainees.
"If you release the girls in place of people that the
law says should remain in detention as investigation
goes on, the people have not changed their mindset,
you have not changed their agreement, you have
not changed their spirit, their heart and decisions. It
will be a costly mistake, Jonathan and his
government will regret it. If members of Boko Haram
wants to release the Chibok girls, it is a change of
heart that will make them do so. Let Nigerians pray
because this country is a nation with faith. Every
citizen of Nigeria has faith, let us use our own faith,
irrespective of our religious beliefs to ask our God to
change their hearts. Boko Haram insurgents are still
in the dark because they will still do more and we
will keep exchanging. Yet, it will not solve the
problem. Let our leaders and every citizen show love.
Releasing people in places of evil will in turn increase
the problem. It is not the solution, we should kneel
down and pray for a change of heart" Ikechukwu
said.
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The prophet said instead of releasing the detained
members, government should interrogate them to
know what it is they really want, their annoyance as
well as sponsors.
"The security agencies should ask them questions to
know more about their activities, they should be
interrogated to know about their emotional dialogue:
why are you doing this? Why do you hate mankind?
Who are your sponsors? What is your mission? What
are your demands from the government for these
killings to stop?"
He further revealed that the mission of his church
since inception 2011, was to raise a generation that
will change the land.
Meanwhile mixed reactions have trailed the swap
deal that was offered by the Boko Haram sect. It
would be recalled that the
federal government
initially wanted to go along with the offer following
pressure from some Nigerians
, especially the parents
of the abducted girls who demanded the release of
their daughters
by any possible means, but later
declined to go ahead with it.