Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday urged Christian leaders in the country to always preach the love of Jesus Christ rather
than hate messages. Osinbajo noted that hate between various groups and people led to killing of innocent citizens and destruction of properties across the nation.
He noted that the burden of faith for Christians is to fulfill the mandate by preaching the love of Jesus Christ. The acting President spoke while declaring open the 14th National Biennial Conference of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria.
He said for Christians to live eternally, they must be ready to die for the gospel. Osinbajo said it was unfair for people to suggest that the Federal Government was silent on the Southern Kaduna crisis because it supported the killings. He said the federal government’s approach was to allow Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, to wade into the crisis.
He said the failure of past administrations to stop religious and ethnic killings could be attributed to failure of the criminal justice system.
The acting President said, “Our greatest enemy is hate. In the past few years we have seen the most brutal killing of men and women. The history of blood and religious conflict extend to every Nigerian government.”
