{"id":187669,"date":"2022-05-14T05:04:48","date_gmt":"2022-05-14T04:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=187669"},"modified":"2022-05-14T11:45:21","modified_gmt":"2022-05-14T10:45:21","slug":"gunmen-vow-to-ban-church-activities-in-south-east-say-clerics-colluding-with-political-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/05\/14\/gunmen-vow-to-ban-church-activities-in-south-east-say-clerics-colluding-with-political-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"Gunmen vow to ban church activities in South-East, say clerics colluding with political leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A group of gunmen called the Sea Masters Volunteer Force has threatened to ban all church activities in the South-East, alleging that clerics were working with politicians to commit crimes in the region.<\/p>\n<p>The armed group, who made the threat in a video on Thursday said they were determined to \u201csanitise the South-East\u201d and end all radical Islamists.<\/p>\n<p>According to SaharaReporters, one of the masked gun-wielding men numbering seven in the 2 minutes, 48 seconds <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/05\/12\/isis-releases-video-showing-execution-of-20-nigerian-christians-to-avenge-killing-of-leaders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video <\/a>shot inside an unknown forest said, \u201cWe are the Sea Masters Volunteer Force. We are determined to sanitise the eastern Nigeria and to end all radical Islamists, thereby destroying their Islamisation agenda.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We salute all the volunteer forces in the region: the Niger Delta Volunteer Force, the Avengers, Biafra National Guard, Avier Vipers, the Ekumeku Warriors, Biafran Nations League, Eastern Security Network. We greet all volunteers fighting. We advise all freedom fighters to behave well. Let there be no rancour among us.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are warning all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/02\/08\/igbos-to-stop-eating-fulani-cow-meat-from-april-ipob\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fulani jihadists<\/a> hiding in Bayelsa or Rivers states to leave now or we will move you out by force. The Christian Association of Nigeria, your actions are no longer funny. Evil politicians are now working with pastors. 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