Borokini argued that as long as they remained faceless, “it will be difficult for the Federal Government to offer amnesty to a faceless group.
He, however, decried the level of insecurity brought about by the activities of the group on Nigerians. The clergyman, who was installed as the new bishop of the diocese last week, said: “The people should come out and show their faces as this would aid meaningful dialogue that anybody may want to have with them.”
While regretting that many lives had been lost to the activities of the group, he asked government to take a decisive step to stop the group from further killing of Nigerians.
Borokini called for a change in the priorities set by Nigerian leaders, noting that this had affected the peace of the country.
He said: “The peace in the country has been affected by the priorities set by the leaders and the people. The country’s priority has been wrongly set because God has been neglected for crude oil, materialism and worldliness which have resulted in insecurity in Nigeria.”
He said the church would revamp its prison ministry and hospital outreaches to further give hope to the people as part of his plan for the Diocese.
Borokini said a chaplain would be appointed to take charge of the frontier ministry to preach the message of hope to the prisoners as they needed to be encouraged.
He promised to strive to create a conducive spiritual and enabling environment that would lead to the unity of members of the diocese, saying “we have an enormous task ahead of us, we must build our broken walls.
“We must come together as one. United we stand as a family and divided we fall. Akure Anglican diocese is one.”
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