Nigeria is bleeding, says Dickson

Seriake Dickson, governor of Bayelsa state, says Nigeria is bleeding and more divided than ever.

In a statement by Francis Agbo, his chief press secretary, Dickson said the continuous killings across the country is “symptomatic of a failed state”.

The governor was quoted to have made the statement during the national prayer conference organised by Nigeria Prays at the Ecumenical Centre, Yenagoa, the state capital.

Dickson urged Nigerians to pray for the country, while also calling on God to intervene in the situation.

“In this country, God’s children, human beings irrespective of the God they worship are being slaughtered mercilessly, remorselessly in many parts of the country,” he said.

“Our nation is bleeding, we must unite in prayers and resolve to do what is right and fair. Our nation should be a nation of fairness, justice, equity, equal citizenship and united by common ideals of being the greatest black nation.

“We are united by our common shared humanity and nationality, so injustice and unfairness anywhere should be a concern to anyone and everyone in our nation. I join you in praying that the bloodletting, unnecessary killings in our nation under any shape or guise ends in Jesus name.

“God should intervene so that people will feel the need to do the right thing, be fair and just to one another.

“Anyone who denies his fellow man justice is less human than his victim because what qualifies us humans created in the image of God is our believe in doing what is right and just.

“So I call for a just, egalitarian, fair Nigeria where everyone is proud to call his or her country. No one should play the ostrich”.