The Nigerian Supreme Council for Ecclesiastical Affairs (NSCEA), under the leadership and spiritual guidance of eminent academic, clergy, peace advocate, public speaker / intellectual, Pa Professor Olusola Ajolore, has expressed deep grief, profound concern, and growing alarm over the escalating insecurity, bloodshed, kidnappings, violent attacks, and perceived systematic attempts at the Islamization and Fulanization of Yoruba land and parts of Nigeria.
In a strongly worded statement issued and signed by Bishop Professor Funmilayo Adesanya-Davies, Secretary, Elders’ Council,
Nigerian Supreme Council for Ecclesiastical Affairs (NSCEA), following the tragic killing of a school teacher during the recent abduction attack in Oyo State, the NSCEA described the current situation as “a dangerous assault on the peace, identity, heritage, security, and future of the Yoruba people and Nigeria as a whole.”
The Council lamented that communities across the South-West are increasingly living under fear as armed criminals, bandits, kidnappers, and violent elements continue to terrorize innocent citizens, invade schools, attack farms, abduct travelers, and shed innocent blood with alarming frequency
According to NSCEA, the worsening insecurity in Yoruba land can no longer be treated as isolated criminal incidents alone, but must be viewed within the broader context of persistent territorial intimidation, demographic aggression, rural occupation fears, destruction of indigenous livelihoods, and threats to cultural and religious coexistence.
The Council stated:
“Yoruba land, historically known for civilization, education, tolerance, enterprise, integrity, and peaceful coexistence, must not be turned into a theatre of terror, fear, religious domination, or ethnic conquest. The continuous killings, kidnappings, and occupation fears being experienced by our people are deeply troubling and unacceptable.”
Professor Adesanya-Davies, speaking on behalf of the Council, noted with pain that farmers are abandoning their farmlands due to fear of attacks, communities are being displaced, highways have become death traps, schools are no longer safe, and many families now live under constant psychological trauma.
She emphasized that the gruesome killing of the Oyo teacher represents not only an attack on one individual, but an attack on education, civilization, humanity, and the future of the younger generation.
“When teachers are murdered and students are abducted, the conscience of the nation is wounded. When communities can no longer sleep in peace, leadership must wake up. Silence in the face of evil only emboldens darkness.”
The NSCEA warned against every agenda, policy, ideology, or conspiracy capable of undermining the indigenous identity, religious freedom, ancestral heritage, and territorial integrity of Yoruba land and other indigenous nationalities in Nigeria.
The Council stressed that Nigeria was founded on pluralism, mutual respect, justice, coexistence, and constitutional freedom, warning that any perceived attempt to impose religious, ethnic, or hegemonic domination on other groups could further deepen distrust, instability, resistance, and national fragmentation.
According to the statement:
“Nigeria belongs to all ethnic nationalities and faith communities equally. No group should feel conquered, displaced, intimidated, marginalized, or endangered in their ancestral homeland. Peace can only thrive where justice, fairness, equity, and mutual respect prevail.”
The NSCEA therefore called on the Federal Government, South-West Governors, traditional rulers, security agencies, lawmakers, religious leaders, and international observers to urgently rise to the challenge of protecting lives and preserving the peace and stability of the region.
The Council specifically urged:
Immediate strengthening of regional and community-based security architecture;
Greater intelligence gathering and proactive policing;
Protection of schools, churches, farms, villages, and highways;
Constitutional restructuring and state policing;
Stronger collaboration between local vigilante groups and security agencies;
Swift prosecution of kidnappers, terrorists, and violent criminals regardless of ethnicity or religion.
Professor Adesanya-Davies further warned that continued negligence and political complacency could push frustrated citizens toward deeper distrust in national institutions.
“A nation cannot survive sustainably where innocent citizens are slaughtered while perpetrators roam freely. The sanctity of human life must remain supreme above politics, ethnicity, religion, or power interests.”
The Council also called for national repentance, moral revival, justice, and righteous leadership, noting that corruption, compromise, bad governance, injustice, and moral decay have significantly contributed to the present insecurity ravaging the nation.
The Council appealed to the international community, human rights organizations, peace institutions, and defenders of religious freedom to pay urgent attention to the growing humanitarian and security concerns affecting many communities in Nigeria.
NSCEA expressed heartfelt condolences to the family of the slain teacher, the Government and people of Oyo State, the Ogbomoso community, affected schools, and all victims of insecurity across Nigeria.
The Council prayed for divine comfort upon grieving families, healing for survivors, protection for vulnerable communities, wisdom for leaders, and lasting peace throughout Yoruba land and Nigeria.
In its concluding remarks, the Council declared:
“Enough is enough. Yoruba land must not become a land of fear, widows, tears, kidnappings, and endless mourning. Our people deserve peace. Our children deserve safety. Our heritage deserves protection. Nigeria must rise above politics, ethnic domination, and religious extremism to defend justice, human dignity, and the sanctity of life.”
As Pa Prof Olusola Ajolore
marks his Centenary (100 years) birthday next month on 26th July 2026, he promised to continue to provide leadership and spiritual / academic guidance not only to NSCEA but to the entire leadership of the nation as well as all Nigerians.
Signed:
Bishop Professor Funmilayo Adesanya-Davies
Secretary, Elders’ Council
Nigerian Supreme Council for Ecclesiastical Affairs (NSCEA).
