Abstract:
Peaceful co-existence in Nigeria has consistently been proven almost impossible
amidst the various efforts to live together in harmony as a people; and this has
been due to the activities evil men who have consistently taken undue advantage
of the endemic ethnic biases or religious bigotries in the society to perpetrate
their evil agenda. Given the religious stance of the issue, this study was poised
to explore a scriptural approach in unraveling the matter. Basically, the method
adopted in carrying out the study was an analytical appraisal of the selected text
as Paul’s theme in the passage was assessed vis-à-vis the subject matter of the
work. The peace in Nigeria was termed negative, where the peace in existence is
mere absence of direct violence, war, or fear etc. or anything worse than such as
affirms the study. Basically, the deduction of the study was that the issue could
not be who a neighbour is but what the problem is. Men of mischief were seen
taking undue advantage of the ignorant, idle, and indigent youths to accomplish
their nefarious selfish interests; and the counsel of this work is that such must
not be accommodated: the appropriate quarters even the government must resist
them squarely especially since the Government’s primary assignment is to ensure
safety of lives and properties of the citizens though such may be hard for them
to do on the ground that most of the ills in the society are often caused by majority
of them in government.
