{"id":119843,"date":"2025-06-18T19:46:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T18:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=119843"},"modified":"2025-06-18T19:46:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T18:46:11","slug":"nigeria-needs-leadership-that-will-not-trade-citizens-lives-for-power-pst-enenche","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/nigeria-needs-leadership-that-will-not-trade-citizens-lives-for-power-pst-enenche\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria Needs Leadership That Will Not Trade Citizens\u2019 Lives for Power \u2013 Pst Enenche"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Tracy Moses<\/div>\n
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BENUE: The Senior Pastor of Dunamis International Gospel Centre (DIGC) Worldwide, Dr. Pst. Paul Enenche, has called for a new kind of leadership in Nigeria, one that values the lives and wellbeing of citizens over political ambition and refuses to compromise the security of its people.<\/div>\n
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Dr. Enenche, speaking in Benue State after donating relief items such as rice, noodles, and mattresses to victims of the recent killings in Yelwata, Guma Local Government Area, decried the spate of violence and the seeming indifference of those in authority. He insisted that a lasting solution to the persistent bloodshed lies in raising leaders who are compassionate, sincere, and not obsessed with remaining in power.<\/div>\n
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According to him, \u201cWhat this country desperately needs is leadership, both at the national and subnational levels that will prioritize human lives over politics. We need leaders who act with conscience, who understand that one day they\u2019ll account for their stewardship before God.\u201d<\/div>\n
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He condemned the killings in Benue and other parts of the country, likening them to genocidal acts, and urged the people to rise and take responsibility for their own protection.<\/div>\n
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\u201cWe are in Benue today in solidarity with our people, in the wake of these horrific massacres, unspeakable evil that has consumed families and left entire communities in grief and ruins,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n
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\u201cWe\u2019re here to say: light will never be overcome by darkness. No matter how thick the darkness gets, light must triumph.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Dr. Enenche emphasized that Nigeria must seek God\u2019s forgiveness as a nation and plead for divine intervention in giving the country compassionate leaders who will not govern with political bias or neglect.<\/div>\n
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He said: \u201cWe must all pray. Whatever we\u2019ve done as a people that keeps bringing us leaders without empathy, may God have mercy on us. Let Him give us leaders who will not sacrifice citizens on the altar of politics.\u201d<\/div>\n
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He added that both federal and state lawmakers have a duty to enact laws that criminalize and punish such atrocities, lamenting that many legislators appear detached from the suffering of the people.<\/div>\n
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\u201cWhat is the point of making laws when they don\u2019t translate into real protection for citizens? We need laws that deter these killers. And legislators must remember that power is not forever. Everyone in office will eventually leave. So let them act now, before it is too late,\u201d he charged.<\/div>\n
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Dr. Enenche called on the people to no longer remain passive in the face of such threats, but to take proactive steps to defend themselves and their communities.<\/div>\n
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\u201cIt is time for the people to say: enough is enough. We must take our destinies into our own hands and do all we can to secure our lives and homes. If we must organize ourselves to defend our territories, then so be it. This is not just about comfort anymore, it\u2019s about survival.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Sharing the grief of victims, he narrated tragic stories of families devastated by the violence.<\/div>\n
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\u201cOne man here had seven children. Six were murdered in a single night. He has just one left. Another man lost his wife and child that same night. He only survived because he traveled. The pain is unimaginable,\u201d Enenche said, holding one of the bereaved relatives close.<\/div>\n
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Offering words of consolation to the families, he said, \u201cOnly God truly understands the depth of your pain. No one can say \u2018I understand,\u2019 because only God does. May He comfort you, strengthen you, and bring justice and answers to this terrible situation.\u201d<\/div>\n
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