Pastor Emmanuel Iren has claimed that Nigeria’s security infrastructure is “one of the best in the world,” but emphasised that its effectiveness often depends on an individual’s social and financial status.
Speaking during a sermon, Iren noted that those with wealth or influence receive swift responses from security operatives, while the poor and marginalised are frequently ignored.
“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 argued that the uneven distribution of justice allows injustice and violence to persist in some parts of the country.
His remarks come amid ongoing debates over the persecution of Christians in Nigeria and the country’s designation by the United States as a Country of Particular Concern.
