South south chapters of CAN and PFN, called for the resignation of the president at a joint meeting in Warri, Delta state on Thursday, February 2.
According to the religious bodies, the president’s silence on the killings of Christians in Northern Nigeria has become worrisome to the point where self help becomes the compelling option for Christians to protect themselves.
The national vice president PFN (South-South), Bishop Simeon Okah, who briefed newsmen following a closed door meeting said Christian leaders will no longer fold hands and watch while Christians are being killed.
Bishop Simeon Okah described the claim by some northern governors that those behind the killings were not from the North as an insult.
He said: “Today our children are now being deported from America and here we have people from outside our country killing people and rap*ng our daughters, mother and wives. Our farmers no longer have farmlands to farm. I think it’s high time we started defending ourselves if the government cannot help us."
“The economy is dying. When Jonathan handed over to Buhari, the exchange rate was between N170 to N190 to a dollar. Today, it is N550 to a dollar. Imagine how things had gone bad? While the church will pray, if he (Buhari) cannot save the country, let him resign for the country to move to where God wants it to be.”
The religious bodies also affirmed support for Apostle Johnson Suleiman over his recent alleged inflammatory statement which pitted him against Directorate of State Security, (DSS) stressing that Suleman spoke the minds of Christians over the said comments.
In related news,the kaduna state chapters of the christian association of nigeria(CAN)and the Jama’atu Nasrul Islam (JNI), have said that the region will not know peace, until justice is served.
On Thursday, February 2, the religious bodies urged the statement government to punish those behind killings in Southern part of the states.
Daily Post reports that the two groups spoke during a peace advocacy visit to their offices in Kaduna by officials of the state government.
Rev Sunday Ibrahim, the state Secretary of CAN, said the state and Federal Governments should prosecute whoever is involved in the crisis, and urged Christians to ignore those pushing them to carry out reprisal attacks.
The CAN scribe called on all well-meaning Nigerians to push for the restoration of peace in the area.
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