Bomadi, 11 May, 2022 / 10:20 am (ACI Africa).
The Bishop of Nigeria’s Catholic Diocese of Bomadi has decried the deteriorating security in various parts of the country, noting that traveling by road has become a risky endeavor for the people.
Bishop Hyacinth Oroko Egbebo told Pontifical charity foundation, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) Portugal, that Boko Haram insurgency, in particular, had impacted the country negatively in various social and economic dimensions, adding that the roads in the country have become impassable.
In the Tuesday, May 10 ACN Portugal report, Bishop Oroko says, “The Boko Haram upsurge has really impacted negatively on the economy and on the people… It is difficult to travel through Nigeria by road.”
Highlighting widespread destruction in the Central parts of Nigeria, the Catholic Bishop says, “Of course, the other dimension of the herdsmen that are kidnapping and even destroying villages and settlements up in the North and now to the Middle Belt is a very disturbing factor.”
The Nigerian Bishop blames the rising wave of crime in Nigeria on youth employment, saying that young people have found it lucrative to kidnap people for ransom.