The
Christian Association of Nigeria on Sunday asked the former Minister of
the Federal Capital Territory, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, to go for a
psychiatric test to ascertain his sanity following his recent attacks on
Jesus Christ and the leadership of Christians in Nigeria.
The association said that el-Rufai must
within seven days mention the name of the person who bought a private
jet for its President, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, failure which the former
minister’s “dirty life” would be exposed by CAN.
The Head of TEKAN/ECWA Block in CAN,
Rev. (Dr.) Emmanuel Dziggau; and CAN’s National Director of Research,
Planning and Strategy, Elder Sunday Oibe in a statement obtained by The PUNCH
in Abuja said they were reacting to a newspaper interview granted by
the ex-FCT minister in which he abused the President of CAN and his
credibility.
The statement said, “We can no longer
fold our hands and allow Christian leaders to be abused by no person
than el-Rufai. We can no longer take it; enough is enough. Anytime he
abuses Christian leaders and Jesus Christ, we Christians will let him
know that he has many forces to contend with.”
“The fact that el-Rufai in his tweets
abused our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, and Christians ignored him
doesn’t give him the impetus to make unguarded comments about Pastor Ayo
(Oritsejafor) who is the leader of Christians in Nigeria. As
Christians, we respect other faith and never have we abused the Sultan
of Sokoto and President-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for
Islamic Affairs, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar 111, who is the leader
of Muslims in Nigeria. The fact that Christians are not violent doesn’t
mean he should go far with his utterances. He is not in a position to
tell us who should be the leader of Christians in Nigeria.”
CAN also reminded a former Head of
State, General Muhammadu Buhari (retd) that his problem with the country
was el-Rufai and not himself.
“It was this same el-Rufai that was
abusing Buhari when he was in the cabinet of ex-President Olusegun
Obasanjo that is now fighting ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar and
Obasanjo.
“We are giving el-Rufai seven days
ultimatum to inform Nigerians and the world the person he claims to know
that gave Pastor Ayo his private Jet. If he fails to do that, we will
open up on him and his dirty life. El-Rufai stinks to the highest
heaven. He is morally depraved and lacks credibility.”
Culled from Punch Newspaper
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