The Onojie of Igueben, His Royal Highness Ehizogie Eluogierior, has accused some pastors of aiding and abetting irregular migration by using their pulpit to pray for potential illegal migrants to cross the Sahara desert or the Mediterranean sea.
He lamented that most of such pastors use their Sunday service to praise and thank God for those who are able to cross the Sahara desert or are using pictures of those on the verge of crossing the sea in their prayer points.
The accusation was made on Thursday, October 12 at a Social Dialogue and Interfaith forum with traditional and religious leaders in Edo Central Senatorial District by the Justice Development Peace and Caritas Initiative JDPCI.
The forum was organized as part of an advocacy project seeking to mobilize relevant stakeholders and galvanize action towards the activation of Trafficking in Persons (TIP) response in the Local Government Areas of Edo State through legislative review of the Edo TIP Prohibition Law 2018 to make inclusive provision for the establishment of Local Taskforce Against Human Trafficking.
