Only Death Penalty Can Cure Nigeria Of Corruption -Cleric

Worried by the spate of corruption in the country, Prophet (Dr) S. A. Alao (JP) has advocated death penalty for offenders as the only panacea to mitigate the monster. The grand patron of the Oyo State chapter of Cherubim and Seraphim Unification Church of Nigeria, made this call at a press conference to signal the commencement of the 6th annual convention and thanksgiving ceremony of the church. The three-day convention, with the theme: “Judgment Must Begin at the House of God,” is taking place at the auditorium of Cherubim and Seraphim Movement Church, District Headquarters, Kilometre 139, Iwo Road-Ojoo Express Way, Ibadan, Oyo State. Among eminent clerics of the mission present at the briefing were Pastor A. O. Olaofe, Senior Apostle Dr. B. A. Adebayo, Prophet E.A. Olaleye, Prophet E.O. Akintola (JP), Prophet J. A. Ibikunle, among others. Admitting its crudity, Prophet Alao said that enshrining death penalty in the nation’s Criminal Code as it is done in China, was necessary because serious criminal issues deserve serious penalties to serve as a deterrent to others. The cleric, who informed that the C&S church had rediscovered and in the process of rebranding and reasserting itself in the comity of churches in Nigeria and beyond, he accussed the government of fertilising corruption in the civil service through delay in payment of gratuities and pensions of retired civil servants, making them to engage in corruption to save their future. By: Ebenezer Adurokiya