"There is no father who will lose 19 children in a day and will be quiet. That in a church somebody went in and shot 19 people (dead). It doesn’t matter the denomination...all Christians in Nigeria call me Daddy. So, when any one of them dies, it is my son or daughter that is killed.
"...until these killings stop
and stop immediately, even Nigeria may not live. I am not talking about individuals now. I am talking about Nigeria itself.
"A bishop asked me some time ago, ‘Daddy has God told you who will win the next election?’ And it is a strange thing that only in Pentecostal circles you hear a bishop calling a pastor ‘daddy.’ I said, ‘Sir, I am not even sure yet if there will be elections because unless these killings stop, there may be no election next year.’ He said, ‘Are you prophesying daddy?’ I replied, ‘No, No, No, I am not prophesying. I am just reasoning because nobody will want to go out to vote if they are not sure they will be able to return home safe.
"There is nothing good about war. It is a terrible thing. A nation may survive a civil war but no nation can survive a religious war and remain the same. That Nigeria may live, these killings must stop."
General Overseer, The Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye
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