Law teacher, author, and rights activist Professor Chidi Odinkalu sparked a widespread debate on Sunday after criticising the heavy security escort that accompanied the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Ezenwo Nyesom Wike, to a church service.
The debate, which unfurled on X (formerly Twitter), highlighted the growing apprehension about Nigeria’s worsening insecurity and the seeming preference of public officials for armed protection, even in sacred spaces meant for worship, rather than tackling the monster head-on.
Sharing a photo of Wike flanked by security aides, the one-time Chair of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), added a pointed remark which suggested that politicians seem not to trust divine protection.
” ….these people who go inside church with a retinue of security protection, like God is too weak to protect them even when they are too inebriated to stay awake in church?” Odinkalu said.
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