The President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, has once again called on the Federal Government to expose the sponsors of Boko Haram.
Oritsejafor’s call followed recent disclosure by the military that it had uncovered a document containing the names of Boko Haram sponsors.
This is even CAN deplored the recent killings of Christians in Borno State, one of the three states under emergency rule. The CAN president made the call in a statement signed by his Special Assistant, Media and Public Affairs, Mr. Kenny Ashaka, and made available to our correspondent in Abuja yesterday.
He said: “In the light of a recent statement that the military recovered a document containing the names of Boko Haram sponsors, I call on the Federal Government to expose the sponsors now.
“I believe that such exposure will go a long way to enhancing the fight against the Boko Haram sect and serve as a deterrent to others who might want to toe the same line.”
While the CAN president noted the great jobs being done by the military with the emergency rule, he drew attention to the recent killing of Christians in Borno State.
He said: “Last Friday, for instance, an executive member of CAN in Gwoza Local Council, Rev. Luka Bazigila, and a member of the COCIN Church, Yohanna, both of whom were in attendance at a Christian fellowship, were shot dead by gunmen who alighted from a tricycle.
“The gunmen, apparently angry that they missed their target, the medical director of Borno State Hospital, who was out when they arrived his residence, shot and killed his step mother.
“A Muslim guard, employed by a Christian architect in Abuja to watch over his house was mistaken for a Christian and shot dead. “One COCIN Church on the Mandara Mountain was burnt by members of the Boko Haram sect on Sunday morning.”
Oritsejafor also drew the attention of those citing reasons other than religion as the cause of the insurgency by Boko Haram to a recent statement by the leader of the sect, Alhaji Abubakar Shekau, where he called on like-minded Islamists in countries including Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq to join to create an Islamic state in Nigeria.
To forestall this, the CAN president urged friends of Nigeria to join forces with the Federal Government in this struggle to save Christians from being exterminated.
Oritsejafor’s call followed recent disclosure by the military that it had uncovered a document containing the names of Boko Haram sponsors.
This is even CAN deplored the recent killings of Christians in Borno State, one of the three states under emergency rule. The CAN president made the call in a statement signed by his Special Assistant, Media and Public Affairs, Mr. Kenny Ashaka, and made available to our correspondent in Abuja yesterday.
He said: “In the light of a recent statement that the military recovered a document containing the names of Boko Haram sponsors, I call on the Federal Government to expose the sponsors now.
“I believe that such exposure will go a long way to enhancing the fight against the Boko Haram sect and serve as a deterrent to others who might want to toe the same line.”
While the CAN president noted the great jobs being done by the military with the emergency rule, he drew attention to the recent killing of Christians in Borno State.
He said: “Last Friday, for instance, an executive member of CAN in Gwoza Local Council, Rev. Luka Bazigila, and a member of the COCIN Church, Yohanna, both of whom were in attendance at a Christian fellowship, were shot dead by gunmen who alighted from a tricycle.
“The gunmen, apparently angry that they missed their target, the medical director of Borno State Hospital, who was out when they arrived his residence, shot and killed his step mother.
“A Muslim guard, employed by a Christian architect in Abuja to watch over his house was mistaken for a Christian and shot dead. “One COCIN Church on the Mandara Mountain was burnt by members of the Boko Haram sect on Sunday morning.”
Oritsejafor also drew the attention of those citing reasons other than religion as the cause of the insurgency by Boko Haram to a recent statement by the leader of the sect, Alhaji Abubakar Shekau, where he called on like-minded Islamists in countries including Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq to join to create an Islamic state in Nigeria.
To forestall this, the CAN president urged friends of Nigeria to join forces with the Federal Government in this struggle to save Christians from being exterminated.
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