By Our Correspondent
At least 23 persons, including Vanguard’s correspondent, Comrade Festus Ahon, Chief Jaro Egbo, Chief Christopher Obiuwevbi, Chief Amos Itihwe, Obaro Odeghe, Chief John Gbenedio and Joseph Okolo received the honour of knighthood of St. Christopher and Mary Magdalene.
The investiture was done by the Bishop of the Ughelli Diocese, Delta State, Rt. Rev. Cyril Odutemu, on Easter day at All Saints Cathedral, Ughelli.
Rt. Rev. Cyril Odutemu, in his address charged the federal government to take its anti-corruption war seriously before the scourge destroys the country.
The cleric urged political office holders to be peaceful and govern the country with love and the fear of God.
He however stressed the need for “same scale” being used in the fight against corruption to be equal across board for the Northern and Southern parts of the country and all political parties, saying “PDP and APC were not there when Nigeria was created.”
Advising leaders who come into office with good intentions against allowing themselves to be destroyed by sycophants, Rev. Odutemu said: “We want the church to wake up; we take thanksgivings from businessmen and politicians for their successes but we must tell them not to allow evil to reign in their hearts.
“For civil servants who are due for retirement, they should also stop falsifying their age and certificates and give qualified unemployed youths a chance to be gainfully employed.”
Earlier in his homily, Ven. Moses Dadi, lamented that corruption has eaten deep into the fabrics of the country reiterating that Nigeria needs the power of resurrection to rescue the country from the scourge of its present state.
Citing Mathew 29: 1-4 he maintained that those who have been invested as Knights were called to fight the battle of the Lord adding that, “Resurrection is a unique aspect of Christian faith which makes Christianity different from other religion.”
