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Decries genocide against Christians
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Chides Buhari, security agencies for deliberate slumber
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Onslaught against Christians by Islamic fundamentalists
disguising as Fulani herdsmen under the watch of Kaduna state governor, Mallam
Nasir el-Rufai and President Muhammadu Buhari has reached an alarming stage
The Christian Association of Nigeria
(CAN) has asked Christians in the country and in the Diaspora to wear
black clothes to mourn those killed in Southern Kaduna.
The association also faulted the silence of
President Muhammadu Buhari on the development, alleging that he has
endorsed the killings of Christians.
President Buhari |
Musa Asake, general secretary of CAN, said this in a
statement.
“The ongoing silence over the ongoing genocide in Kaduna in
the last few weeks speaks volume over perceived official endorsement of the dastardly
and ungodly acts,” Asake said.
“In view of the present predicament, the president of CAN
has directed that Sunday, January 8, 2017, should be declared a national day of
mourning by Christians including those in the Diaspora.
“We are to pray fervently for our southern Kaduna brothers
and sisters who are victims of these wanton killings and also for the peace of
our dear country, Nigeria. Therefore all Christians are to dress in the
mourning attire black dresses in all our church services on January 8, 2017.
“We are to pray that God who delivered the Jews from Haman
should deliver Christians from the Hamans in Nigeria. An injustice to one is an
injustice to all.”
CAN asked Nigerians to speak up against the “ethnic and
religious cleansing to wake up the Nigerian security agencies from their
deliberate slumber to carry out their responsibility.”
The association said the Christians in Nigeria have been
persecuted since 2009.
“Though the church in Nigeria, since 2009, has been
subjected to a systematic genocide and persecution through the instrumentality
of the Islamic fundamentalist sect, Boko Haram, leading to the killings of
thousands of Christians and destruction of hundreds of churches, and over
50,000 houses, the current unprecedented.”
“While we commend President Buhari for waging war against
Boko Haram since his assumption of office, his silence over the ongoing
genocide in the last few weeks speaks volume over the perceived official
endorsement of the dastardly and ungodly acts.”
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