Bishop demands Buhari’s arrest over ‘bloody 2015′ comments

Following his recent assertion that the nation would witness a heavy bloodbath should the 2015 general elections were rigged by the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the Catholic Bishop of Ekiti Diocese, Most. Rev. Felix Ajakaye, has called for the immediate arrest and prosecution of former Head of State, Maj-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), over the unguarded outbursts. Bishop Ajakaye said this while addressing newsmen in Ado-Ekiti on Thursday. According to him, the security agents ought to have arrested Buhari for threatening that there would be bloodshed in the country if the 2015 elections were rigged. He said, rather than trading words with the retired general, president Jonathan ought to have asked law enforcement agencies to prosecute him for threatening the peace of the nation. Hear him, “Nigeria belongs to all of us and we have no other place to go and we should watch our utterances, no matter our status. We are in a very trying time and we need to be prayerful and work. “We need to be positive and concrete in our thoughts and work our thoughts. It is unfortunate and unacceptable for a person like Maj.-Gen. Buhari to have mentioned that Nigeria would be bloody in 2015. “I don’t know what our security agents are still waiting for. They should be decisive no matter whose ox is gored. If another person had made such a statement, they would say he was planning something against the country. Speaking further, the cleric added that: “But for making such a statement I will say that seems to be his character and we should not allow him and others to be saying that anymore, the laws are there.”