CAN said this on Tuesday while
commiserating with the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria (CSN) as it conducts
mass burial for the two priests and parishioners killed by the Fulani herdsmen
in Benue State recently.
Pastor Adebayo Oladeji, the
Special Assistant on media to CAN President, Rev Dr Samson Olasupo Ayokunle, in
a statement described the present moment in Nigeria as a trying time for the
church.
“We also urge all Christians to
identify with the Catholic Church in its nationwide peaceful protest against
senseless killings in Nigeria”, it noted.
CAN asked the Nigerian security
agencies to rise up to the security challenges in the country.
It expressed dismay that killing
of innocent was assuming global embarrassment with mass burial being carried
out at all times without a country like Nigeria fighting a war.
The statement added: “CAN calls
on President Muhammadu Buhari not to forget his 2015 campaign promises
including fighting insecurity and keeping Nigeria united and upon which
Nigerians overwhelmingly voted for him.
“Buhari’s government should not
fold arms and watch misguided Nigerians, mostly Boko Haram and herdsmen promote
killing as a past time in the name of politics and ethnics while solution
appears very elusive.
“CAN is disheartening to note
that criminal Fulani herdsmen, bandits, kidnappers and other hoodlums have
reduced Nigeria to a Banana Republic.
“This development is unacceptable
and we call on all well-meaning people anywhere in the world to join hands in
praying for the deliverance, freedom and liberty from this self-inflicted
bondage.
“CAN asks President Buhari to
suspend his re-election bid until he restores sanity to the country while
ensuring the release of Leah Sharibu, the remaining Chibok girls and other
abductees from the captivity of the Boko Haram terrorists”.
useless CAN....which christianity do u represent? This is not Christ talking...shameless people...U are all part of our problem...ur long throat for bribery...Buhari will run and he will win..
ReplyDeleteBuhari wants to a second term to ensure that more people are killed
ReplyDeleteFuck you for that statement.
ReplyDelete