In an ultimatum handed down at a press conference on Tuesday in
Abuja by Polycarp Inji, the Chairman of Kubwa Zone of the the
Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), the group has given the federal
government and the Nigeria Police 14 days to unmask and bring to
justice the perpetrators of the gruesome murder of Eunice Mojisola
Elisha.
According to the group, if the authorities fail to carry out a
thorough investigation to ascertain the remote and immediate cause(s) of
the horrendous act to arrest and prosecute the assailants within the
period of the ultimatum, which begins today, the church will be left
with no other option than to take appropriate legal action and other
options open to defend themselves.
It condemned the dastardly killing in strong terms, stressing that
it came as a rude shock. It described the unprovoked attack and eventual
cold blood murder of Eunice as a systematic, clandestine and
orchestrated attack on the body of Christ in Nigeria at large.
"Our understanding of the situation is that it is designed to
intimidate, frustrate and create fears in the body of Christ in Kubwa to
the extent that we will not arise to carry out our divine mandate to
preach and spread the gospel of Christ," he stated.
Cross of PFN members at the press conference
Inji said that an emergency meeting of pastors and members of PFN
was convened to prevent the recurrence of the barbaric incident, at
which nine resolutions were passed to be communicated to the public.
They include:
1. That the relevant authorities should take steps to stop and
prevent the unrestrained influx of miscreants into Kubwa, such as
Maibola, Mairuwa and commercial motorcyclists who all by their
clandestine activities aggregately constitute a security risk to lives
and property, especially in the Christian community.
2. That the Development Control Department of the Federal Capital
Development Authority should as a matter of urgency take proactive steps
to demolish and remove all shanties, batchers and illegal structures
where all these miscreants hibernate to carry out their nefarious
activities.
PFN also urged the Acting Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim
Idris, to reinforce the police personnel in Kubwa and its environs to
carry out regular security surveillance to checkmate the activities of
the criminal elements.
"All the suspected miscreants and criminals who murdered our
sister late Deaconess Eunice Mojisola Elisha must be traced, arrested
and prosecuted to serve as a deterrent to others, because justice must
be done and must be seen done. If these kinds of acts of gruesome murder
of our members continue unabated it might spiral into undesired effects
and unpalatable consequences."
He disclosed that some powerful individuals in the society were
bent on using, sponsoring and mobilizing some miscreants against
Christian activities in Kubwa, adding that they continued to slaughter
PFN members like animals, and recalling another woman in Kano whose
throat was slit.
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