Insecurity: Nigerian Governor urges churches, mosques to install CCTV cameras on premises

*These (criminals) are mad people; I’m not too sure they are human beings. They have lost their own humanity, says Arakunrin Rotimi Akeredolu, Governor of Ondo State

Emmanuel Akosile | ConsumerConnect

In order to tackle the rising spate of insecurity across the country, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State of Nigeria has urged churches, mosques and other religious centres to install CCTV cameras on their premises.

The governor said: “As part of measures being put in place to forestall future occurrence, public and religious centres need to install CCTV cameras in strategic places to enhance security.

“Also, people should be more vigilant and report strange faces in their vicinities.”

The governor stated this when he received a World Health Organisation (WHO) team led by Walter Mulombo, the Country Representative and Head of Mission in Nigeria, on a condolence visit.

The team was in Ondo to commiserate with the Ondo governor over Sunday’s massacre of St Francis Catholic Church members, agency report said.

Akeredolu described the massacre as unprecedented.

The governor also said: “Where else is safe if that sanctuary is not safe. In a war situation, even soldiers could run into church for safety. These are mad people; I’m not too sure they are human beings.

“They have lost their own humanity, and there is no way you can regard them as human beings. I think they are animals in human skin.”

The WHO chief commended Arakunrin Akeredolu for his prompt response to the situation despite being outside the state when the attack happened.

The governor was in Abuja for the APC national convention when the assailants struck, according to report.