Concerned Catholic Youths writes Catholic Pope, Ask him to strip Gov Lalong His knight of St. Gregory Medal

Concerned Catholic Youths writes Catholic Pope, Ask him to strip Gov Lalong His knight of St. Gregory Medal

Yakubu Busari

The Members of Concern Catholic Youths Plateau State Chapter have written an open letter to the Catholic Archbishop of Jos and Catholic Archbishop of Abuja including the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, seeking the Bishop of Rome,(pontifex maaximus), Supreme Pontiff of the Catholic Church, Rome trip off the holy title given the Governor Simon Bako Lalong of Plateau State as the letter read.

Your Holiness,

Wolf in sheep clothing: an appeal letter to strip Simon Bako Lalong as a knight of St. Gregory

Calvery greetings,

We are constrained to make this an open letter to you for a number of reasons. One,  the  current  situation  and  consequent  possible  outcome to the catholic faith in plateau state-Nigeria,  as dictated  by the actions of  Simon Bako Lalong ( the Governor of Plateau State) whom you elevated to the worthy  Knight of St. Gregory.   Two, everything must be done  to  guard,  protect  and defend the Catholic faith, including exposing wolf that appear in sheep’s clothing to destroy the sanctity of the faith and expose the church to shame. Thirdly, because St. Paul admonishes, encouraged and rebuked the church of the Corinthians through letters like ours.

Your holiness, we are reporting a desperate public servant, whom we supported with our prayers and resources to emerge as the governor of one of the Thirty-six states in Nigeria Africa. But will later suppressed and intimidate the poor people that stood by him.

For the purposes of clarity, about 800 poor people who wanted to serve at the grassroots i.e wards paid the sum of #400,000.00 for councillorship forms and about 34 people paid  #700,000.00 for Local government Chairmanship  forms in the party (APC) with a knight as the head but, were all not only denied the right to participate in the elections but monies not refund till date. We found this to be oppression of the highest order and as poor people we cannot afford to execute a case against the powerful in government. Sir, it is also on record that many now could not afford to survive as the trauma is affecting the faith and families of many. Like the bible admonishes us in Luke 19:1-10 we hope one day Hon Simon Bako Lalong will repent like the tax collector and say “Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount.”

We pray that the medal of the worthy Knight of St Gregory the Great (KSGG) by His Holiness Pope Francis announced and decorated by the Catholic Archbishop of Abuja and Provincial Administrator of Jos Archdiocese, His Lordship Dr. Ignatius Ayau Kaigama  on  Simon Bako Lalong be withdrawn because one can cannot carries an emblem that he does not preach. We shall never the less continue to commit him in our prayers for God to also fight for us.