The Senior Pastor of Dunamis International Gospel Centre, Paul Enenche, has called for the urgent arrest and prosecution of individuals responsible for killings across Nigeria, stressing that perpetrators must be brought to justice without delay.
Enenche made the call on Wednesday during the April 2026 Preservation and Power Communion Service held at the church’s headquarters in Abuja.
Expressing concern over the persistent wave of insecurity in the country, the cleric said cases involving killings should be treated with utmost urgency, insisting that it should not take more than a few weeks, or at most one month, for offenders to be apprehended and prosecuted.
According to him, decisive and swift action is key to curbing the growing trend of violence, noting that targeting key figures behind criminal activities could significantly reduce insecurity.
He cited an example of a foreign leader who, upon assuming office, tackled insecurity in the nation’s capital by ordering the immediate arrest of criminal gang leaders within a short period.
Enenche explained that the directive led to the capture of the gang leaders, effectively dismantling organised criminal networks and restoring order.
He argued that addressing crime at its root by going after those at the top would yield more effective results than focusing only on minor offenders.
The cleric also warned that failure to act decisively could raise concerns about possible complicity or indifference within the system.
He further decried what he described as the growing normalisation of killings in Nigeria, insisting that such a situation is unacceptable.
Enenche called on Nigerians to unite in prayer for the country, seeking divine intervention to overcome the ongoing security challenges.
He said, “How many of you are in agreement with what I just said? That those who kill people from now forward should be brought to book urgently. Urgently, urgently. It should not take two, three weeks, highest a month. They are brought to book.
“I heard of what one president of a nation did, and I watched it some time ago.
“When he came, his city, capital of that nation, was the most insecure place in the country. And he called the head of police and he said, ‘Are you watching this insecurity, right? I want you to arrest for me, within the next one or two weeks, the head of every criminal gang in the city. Go and do it with urgency.’
“They arrested all of the heads of the groups.
“He gathered all of them and took them there. No court, nothing. All of them disappeared that night.
“That was the summary of criminality. When the head of the snake is caught, the rest scatter.”
This comes a few days after 26 people were killed and several others injured in the Angwan Rukuba area of Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State on Sunday.
