The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Rev. Fr. Matthew Hassan Kukah, says banditry in the country has caused lack of trust amongst Nigerian.
Bishop Kukah said this today in Abuja at a conference to mark the 10th anniversary of the priestly ordination of Rev. Fr. Stephen Ojapah, a Catholic Priest.
According to him, most Nigerians are living under some level of fear and insecure, especially when traveling, thus the need to finding lasting solution to the menace.
Kukah urged Nigerians to remain vigilant, saying unless the communities are secured, there cannot be any meaningful development.
“Unless we have a sense of respect for one another is enshrine and we take the sense of community beyond the boundary of religion and begin to see ourselves and create some level of civility around ourselves, it will be difficult. This is where I think religious leaders have a role to play,” he said.
He also said there is need for national cohesion as ethnicity, social class, region among others have literally become instruments of war among the people.
He said, “Trust is becoming a scarce commodity as we no longer know whom to trust largely because of what the society has become as a result of banditry.”
