CAN Reacts To Lai Mohammed's Statement Of Boko Haram Attacking Christians To Stir Religious War

The Christian Association of Nigeria has reacted to Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed's comment of Boko Haram attacking Christians to stir a religious war. 

In a statement released by CAN's Vice Chairman Rev. Joseph Hayab, the Christian group recounted the condemnation it got from some persons it described as "overzealous representatives of government", after raising an alarm over the killings.

The statement reads;

“Every honest and right-thinking Nigerian and none Nigerians alike following the deadly killings in Nigeria must have recognised that Boko Haram and other killers groups have been targeting Christians for reasons only known to them.

“The worst of this denial was when our dear President had the privilege to write a column on one famous Christian magazine where his writers chose to use that platform to expose themselves as peddlers of falsehood.

“Our cry has never been to discredit anyone or the government, but the focus has been that those in power should admit the truth about what was happening to Christians in Nigeria, not as a sign of failure but an honest way to finding a workable lasting solution to the evil on goings in our land.

“Since the truth can only be delayed but not denied, the Federal Government of Nigeria should use public admittance by her Minister of Information that Boko Haram and other killer groups in Nigeria truly are targeting Christians to stir a religious war and fashion out ways that Christians, their leaders, and places of worship will be protected. 

“The government at this point should also seek to engage critical stakeholders to discuss possible ways of uniting the country to defeat the common enemy, in this case, Boko Haram and the kidnappers, that have made our roads and homes unsafe.

“When persons who are bereaved of a wife, a father, a child or loved ones are insulted at the time they should be consoled, the government simply becomes inhuman and abuses the privilege of office.

“CAN and its entire membership love this country because we have no other country to call ours and want the best for Nigeria, but we can not get the best for Nigeria through denial or claiming ignorance of the pains citizens are going through.

“We will never stop praying for and speaking the truth to those in power until we see the Nigeria of our dream comes to reality,”