Anglican Bishop Cries Out Over Security in Nigeria www.churchtimesnigeria.net By Oyinlola Awonuga & Gbenga Osinaike 2:15pm June 1,2018. The Bishop of Diocese of Ijebu North , Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion, The Rt .Rev Solomon Kuponu has decried the parlous security situation in Nigeria stressing that the government of President Mohammadu Buhari has failed woefully in that regard. Kuponu made the declaration in his charge at the first session of the fifth synod of the diocese on Friday June 1, which held at St.John ’s Anglican Church, Ijebu Igbo, Ogun State Nigeria. Kuponu noted, “that lives are no longer safe in country. Apart from the menace caused by the herdsmen in Nigeria, the Ijebu Igbo community has not been spared the activities of cultists.We hear reports of how old women were being raped in this community . Lives are being lost every now and then.Properties are being stolen. We have to close whatever we are doing by 6 p. m and go home because of fear of the cultists. The government of Ogun State should do something quick on this” he said . He then expressed great displeasure at the way security agencies across Nigeria have allowed herdsmen to decimate lives and make many parts of the country especially the middle belt unsafe. While reeling out over 30 newspaper headlines on the callous killings carried out by the herdsmen in the recent time , Kuponu said, “ Sometimes I wonder if cows voted for President Buhari. because cows are being venerated in Nigeria today by the powers that be" While charging the security agencies to live up to their billing ,he wondered what would have happened if the people in the middle belt were the ones who went up north to kill Fulani herdsmen. The cleric who has been Bishop in the diocese since 2005 pleaded with lawmakers to come up with laws that would guide the activities of nomadic herdsmen and put in place a process that would make offenders face the full wrath of the law . “ Both the state and the federal government should find a lasting solution to the recurring killing of innocent, harmless Nigerians who find themselves defenseless before fellow armed citizens of whatever professional or religious disposition. ” he added.