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Bishop Onaiyekan kicks against dialogue with Bandits - Edoman - 02-21-2021 ''If the government continues this way, it will get to a stage where non-state actors will take over'' - Bishop Onaiyekan kicks against dialogue with Bandits The former Catholic archbishop of Abuja, John Onaiyekan, has kicked against the idea of government and important personalities dialoguing with armed bandits. Speaking after an ordination ceremony in Minna, Niger state, on Saturday, February 20, Onaiyekan warned that if the government continues to dialogue with criminal elements, it will get to a stage where non-state actors will take over. In his words Quote:“We should not be living in a country where you are always with your heart in your mouth when you are moving from one place to another, where children cannot study in peace in their schools and where bandits, whatever you call them, come from nowhere and cart away 20, 30 children and their teachers into the bush and sit somewhere and boast, calling for dialogue. He also criticised “people who claim to be our leaders” who, during elections, “forced us, begged us and cajoled us to put them in power”. “Now that they are in power, do your work for goodness sake,” he added. b |