Enugu CAN Chairman laments wanton destruction of lives, properties
As wanton killings and destruction of properties continue unabated in the country, Rev. Emmanuel Edeh, the Enugu State Chairman, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), says perpetrators should be brought to justice to end such crimes.
Speaking with newsmen in Enugu on Friday, Edeh said in his Easter message that it was regrettable that thousands of Nigerians were being killed daily in different parts of the country and many of the perpetrators had not been prosecuted.
According to him, because the perpetrators are still at large, it has emboldened them to continue in their nefarious acts against humanity.
He reminded political leaders that the protection of lives and properties of the people was their primary duty, and that any government that could not carry out the responsibility had failed.
He described the death of the late gospel singer, Mrs Osinachi Nwachukwu, who allegedly died as a result of domestic violence as “man’s inhumanity to man’’.
“I wonder why Osinachi’s husband will subject the singer to such domestic violence,’’ the clergyman said.
Edeh advised those in abusive marriages to quit life-threatening unions rather than die in the process, saying: “A living dog is better than a dead lion’’.
