Millions of Christians across the Diocese of Roman Catholic Church in
Nigeria have concluded plans to come out on Wednesday, 26th of February
in all black attires during the procession of Ash
Wednesday to show
their grievances over the killings in Nigeria and the insecurity
situation of the country.
The Church has also mobilised its members all over the world to pray for the current insecurity challenges of the country.
Rev. Fr. Felix Gobi, the Senior Parish Priest of St. Peter’s Nunkai
in Jalingo, the Taraba State capital made this known during today’s mass
sermon.
He said the planned “Black Dress Protest” is across all the parishes in Nigeria.
Gobi, while urging his parishioners to come out in their numbers,
said the church would continue to show signs of concern over the unjust
killings of Christians and Nigerians until the security situation is
improve.
“We will continue to talk to our leaders that this way, we want to
let them know that the killings of Christians by Boko Haram and killings
of Nigerians by arm bandit and kidnappers is a condemned situation and
must stop
“Until we see the will to stop these ceaseless killings and an
improved security situation in Nigeria where human lives must be
respected, what we are experiencing in Nigeria now is not of God, is
Satanic.”
DAILY POST, while speaking with members of the church, also gathered
that the same announcement about the planed protest was made in all the
parishes of the Jalingo Diocese and beyond.
The information available shows that the Roman Catholic churches in
big cities of Nigeria like Abuja, Lagos, Port Harcourt and other major
cities would carry out the “Black Dress Protest” on the streets while
other churches who are found in vulnerable areas would observe their
protest in their churches as they Mark the Ash Wednesday.