Enough Of The Killings Of Christians, CAN President Tells FG
President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Rev. Samson Olasupo Ayokunle has charged the Federal Government to do the needful and stop excuses for the killing of Christians in the North while urging the
administration to avoid accusation of favouritism of one religion in its appointments.
This was disclosed at a press conference in Abuja yesterday, that it was regrettable that the Federal Government with its instruments of coercion has simply been unable to apprehend or prosecute several of the alleged herdsmen he claimed were responsible for the killing of Christians in many parts of the country.
Ayokunle While claiming that the recent classification of Nigeria as about the most dangerous place for Christians on earth should be troubling, Ayokunle however lauded the administration's efforts to rid the country of corruption and the successes recorded against
the Boko Haram insurgency.
According to him "Just in February this year, the United States House of Representatives cited Nigeria as the most dangerous place for Christians in the world. Certainly, this is a
most unpleasant classification for a country that is a democracy and the giant of Africa. What type of giant are we? It is a classification that should not make patriotic Nigerians glad in a country where population is roughly divided equally between Islam and Christianity.
"It is essential for the Federal Government in whose care instruments of cohesion lie to quickly remedy this situation. It will be in the interest of national development and peaceful co-existence. If continuous killings have not been happening, we would not have been shouting wolf where there was none. We appeal to the government to desisit from giving excuses anymore why the killings are still occurring. We what an end to be put to the killings henceforth. Enough is enough.
"All must be done in political appointments and in the conduct of government business to reflect federal character not only on ethnicity but equally ensuring religious balance. The suspicion of favouritism by government of one religious group to the detriment of others must be avoided. The more the government adheres to these admonitions, the more coherent we
would be as a people and the greater the peace and development.”
administration to avoid accusation of favouritism of one religion in its appointments.
This was disclosed at a press conference in Abuja yesterday, that it was regrettable that the Federal Government with its instruments of coercion has simply been unable to apprehend or prosecute several of the alleged herdsmen he claimed were responsible for the killing of Christians in many parts of the country.
Ayokunle While claiming that the recent classification of Nigeria as about the most dangerous place for Christians on earth should be troubling, Ayokunle however lauded the administration's efforts to rid the country of corruption and the successes recorded against
the Boko Haram insurgency.
According to him "Just in February this year, the United States House of Representatives cited Nigeria as the most dangerous place for Christians in the world. Certainly, this is a
most unpleasant classification for a country that is a democracy and the giant of Africa. What type of giant are we? It is a classification that should not make patriotic Nigerians glad in a country where population is roughly divided equally between Islam and Christianity.
"It is essential for the Federal Government in whose care instruments of cohesion lie to quickly remedy this situation. It will be in the interest of national development and peaceful co-existence. If continuous killings have not been happening, we would not have been shouting wolf where there was none. We appeal to the government to desisit from giving excuses anymore why the killings are still occurring. We what an end to be put to the killings henceforth. Enough is enough.
"All must be done in political appointments and in the conduct of government business to reflect federal character not only on ethnicity but equally ensuring religious balance. The suspicion of favouritism by government of one religious group to the detriment of others must be avoided. The more the government adheres to these admonitions, the more coherent we
would be as a people and the greater the peace and development.”
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