The Christian
Association of Nigeria (CAN) has said it will not do the bidding of the
terrorists by crying out for the freedom of our members in the captivity of the
Boko Haram terrorists.
CAN
President, His Eminence, Rev Dr Samson Ayokunle in a statement signed by his the
Special Assistant (Media &Communications) Pastor Adebayo Oladeji, said government
should wake up to its primary responsibilities of protecting the lives and
properties of the people.
Rev Ayokunle
said calling on the Federal government to free “our members from their captors
who claim to be attacking us for religious sake is the right thing to do in
this situation we have found ourselves”.
The president
of the religious body said the criminals are targeting predominant Christian
communities, killing, maiming and abducting people with or without any
resistance from the security agencies.
The body
went on to stress that the government should wake up to its responsibilities as
they will not stop talking about its failure to protect their members which is
not politicisation of religion.
Making reference
to the kidnapping of 41 people in Kaduna State, the Adamawa State incident
along with that of Leah Sharibu and the Chibok girls, CAN said that government
has been treating the criminals with kid gloves, which is why they have refused
to publish names of their kingpins, the terrorists, herdsmen killers and
bandits in their custody and those who are being prosecution in the court of
law for the world to see.
The religious
body went on to say that as long as the unpleasant situations in the country
remain the same the leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria will not
keep quiet since that is the only thing they can do aside from praying for the
captives.