Increasing terror drives Nigerians to the brink — PFN

•Says politicians focused on winning polls than crushing terrorists

By Olayinka Latona

IBADAN— The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) yesterday warned that the escalating levels of terrorism, banditry and kidnappings across the country are pushing Nigerians to the brink.

The Christian body also cautioned that growing frustration among citizens could lead to dangerous consequences if urgent action is not taken.

The National President of PFN, Bishop Francis Wale Oke, spoke at a press conference in Ibadan to mark the conclusion of a three‑day national fasting and prayer programme organised by the fellowship from May 22 to May 24 to observe Global Pentecost Day.

Oke stated that PFN has consistently restrained aggrieved Christian youth from retaliatory violence despite repeated attacks, killings and abductions in several parts of the country.

The PFN president lamented what he described as the nation’s diminishing regard for the sanctity of human life, citing relentless killings, kidnappings, violent attacks and mass displacements across the country.

Oke said: “We are burdened by the loss of our sense of humanity. We are burdened by the unchecked rampaging of bandits, murderous herdsmen killing Nigerian farmers on their farms, Boko Haram insurgents using the noble religion of Islam to perpetrate heinous violence against peaceful Nigerians, unchecked, across our national landscape.”

“Most especially, we mourn the apparent lack of a firm political will by our government to crush these horrible evils in Nigeria, allowing them to spread unchecked, with empty promises that have done no good.”

“Nigerians are sick and tired of this evil and the apparent misplaced focus on winning elections by all means rather than focusing the full weight of our law and federal might to crush the killers of Nigerians.”

“We are burdened because our valiant generals and their gallant soldiers are being killed like chickens because our security system has been infiltrated and fatally compromised.”

“What is going on in Nigeria does more than take lives. It fractures unity, scares away investors, drives our best minds abroad, weakens the bond between the citizens and the State and creates a wave of insecurity and terror that makes the Nigerian people no longer feel safe.”

On the three‑day fasting and prayers, Oke said: “On the night of May 19, 2026, the National Executive Council of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria met for prayer and deliberations on what is going on in Nigeria. We resolved as a Pentecostal community spread across every state of Nigeria to stand together in spiritual warfare, to fast, and pray to God our Almighty Father to arise and scatter the enemies of Nigeria. We also resolved to speak out against this evil, hoping that our government will give it the deserved attention.”

“We have fasted. We have prayed. Now we speak. We call on the Federal Government to fulfil its constitutional and moral duty of protecting every citizen of Nigeria, irrespective of tribe or religion, so that we can truly be ‘a nation where no one is oppressed.’”

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