“Drop Your Ceremonial Swords And Get Licensed Guns – Fr Oluoma Tells Knights
Renowned Nigerian Catholic Priest, Father Oluoma has taken to his official Facebook page to react to the gruesome murder of parishioners at St Francis Catholic Church Owo, Ondo State. He made it clear that those who died for the sake of the gospel of Christ are Martyrs, and those who died for their country, are patriots but he doesn’t know what to call those who were killed for being Nigerians.
According to Father Oluoma, the terrorists that attacked St Francis Catholic Church yesterday seemed to be sponsored by some criminal elements in the country. He called on the Knights of the church to drop the ceremonial swords and get a licensed gun so that they can secure the lives of Nigerians because the Nigerian security operatives can’t do it alone.
In his words;
“If they were told to renounce their faith in Christ Jesus and they refused and got killed, I could call them martyrs without hesitation. They were killed because they were unfortunate to be in Nigeria where killing is now as easy as ABC everywhere. Let’s leave nomenclature for now.”
“I plead, appeal and suggest that knights in the church should organise and get licensed guns. Drop the ceremonial swords, for now, get government-licensed guns, get some members trained and carry the guns concealed for eventualities like the Owo massacre. Self-defence is not against Christian and Catholic doctrine.”
He went on to urge richer parishes to support the poorer ones in acquiring government-licensed guns. He believes that dedicating the bazaar for one year to achieve this feat would help the Nigerian government in putting an end to these menaces.
According to Father Oluoma, it’s practically impossible for the Nigerian government to send security operatives to all churches. He went on to say that this isn’t the first time such a thing is happening and it may not be the last. He called on other churches to do the same, and the Muslims too.
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