The Pioneer President of the
Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Luther Cishak, has died at the age of
88.
This was made known by President
Muhammadu Buhari yesterday through a tribute he wrote in memory of the late
Cishak
According to the tribute, Buhari
described the late reverend as a gentleman who was passionately devoted to the
promotion of peaceful coexistence, tolerance, social harmony and mutual respect
between Christians and Muslims in Plateau State and the country in general.
President Buhari, while
expressing his deep sadness over the death of the pioneer leader of the then
Christian Council of Nigeria (now CAN), recalled that in a 2003 crisis that
rocked the state, the late Mr. Cishak risked his own life in order to protect
others from being killed by mobs, adding that “this kind of sacrifice for peace
is an uncommon virtue that must be extolled by all patriotic Nigerians.”
Buhari extended his condolences
to the family of the deceased and the Christian Association of Nigeria over the
death of what he called “one of Nigeria’s finest and greatest religious
leaders.”
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