Na wa o! St. Theresa’s Catholic Cathedral , Nsukka, Enugu State, is it taking drastic measures o! It has banned women from wearing big headgears aka 'gele/canopy' and carrying handbags to mass!
Reverend Father Uche Obodoechin, the Cathedral Administrator, himself announced this during The Sunday mass, that the ban would take effect from September 9.
Fr Obodoechina stressed that the measure was introduced to ensure the security of worshippers. Continuing he said that the big headgears, in most cases, made the identification of persons during Sunday mass difficult as it acted as a “barricade” whenever many women putting on big headgears stayed on a row during service.
“Please, in view of the present security challenges, the church has urged womento stop coming to Sunday service with big headgears and bags to enable security men know when bomb will be smuggled into the church.
The church has directed security men at the church gate to seize big headgears and bags from September 9. This measure is aimed towards enhancing the security of the faithful duringSunday mass.”
In addition, cars would henceforth be parked at St Theresa’s College field.
According to him, only motorcycles would be allowedto park at designated placeswithin the church premises.
He added that for those coming for 5.30 a.m. mass, thegate leading to the church would be closed by 6.00 a.m.,while the gate for those coming for the 7.30 a.m. would be closed by 8.00 a.m.
“ So if you cannot come before this time, you are lateand you will not be allowed to enter into the cathedral compound.
We urge members to cooperate and obey the directives in the interest of safety for all. These are temporary measures and willbe relaxed as soon as the security challenges in the country improve.
The church is sorry for whatever inconveniences the measures will cause members,” he concluded. . . .*when they started banning us "innocent students" from entering St Peters Chaplaincy Nsukka i knew this was coming . . .however,these days in Naija, the fearof BOKO HARAM is the beginning of _ _ _ _ please like this facebook page to remain infotained=> https://www.facebook.com/pages/D%C3%ABf%C3%AFn%C3%AFt%C3%ABly-K%C3%AFngsl%C3%ABy/405089899534304