Pastor Emmanuel Iren has claimed that Nigeria’s security infrastructure is “one of the best in the world.”
He, however, emphasised that the system’s efficiency often depends on an individual’s social and financial status.
Speaking during a sermon, Iren said those with wealth or influence receive swift responses from security operatives, while the poor and marginalised are often ignored.
He stated that the uneven distribution of justice allows injustice and violence to persist in some parts of the country.
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“I think, in my personal opinion, our security infrastructure is actually one of the best in the world. Be a rich person in trouble. Drop money and see, they will bring the thief for you, am I lying? So maybe the problem is that, where the wickedness is happening, the voices there are poor. Maybe it doesn’t matter much to us as much as we pretend”, he said in part.
The cleric’s remarks came amid ongoing debates about the persecution of Christians in Nigeria and the country’s designation by the US as a Country of Particular Concern.
