[DAILYTIMES.NG] The Abuja Archbishop of the Methodist Church, Most Rev. Chimaroke Iweha, on Friday described the ceasefire declared by a faction of the Boko Haram... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality...
sect as a "trap''.
Iweha, who made the remark at the Church's 19th Annual Diocesan Synod in Abuja, therefore, urged the Federal Government not to be deceived by the sect's ceasefire.
``Except during the military incursion into politics, this is the time Nigeria needs payers most.
``The spate of insecurity in the nation is alarming, the menace of Boko Haram has persisted. Government should not be deceived by the ceasefire, it is a trap.''
The Bishop also urged the government not to be intimidated as no group in the nation, however armed, was greater than it.
Speaking to newsmen after the address, Iweha described as ``worrisome`` a situation where people could not worship their creator freely except when guarded by gunnies.
On the solution to the current insecurity, the bishop urged members of the sect to lay down their arms and come out of hiding to identify themselves for dialogue to take place.
``We appeal to them to lay down their arms and then come out, there is nothing that has no solution, if we know you then we can talk about what your problem is all about.
``We do not know who is fighting you; you do not even know whether it is somebody in your house.
``Until you know who is fighting you, that is the only time you can have a meaningful discussion with him.''