MASS BURIAL: CAN Commiserates with Catholics

CAN Commiserates With Catholics
...asks President Buhari to halt his second term campaign
...Congratulates Israelis Government on Jerusalem as the capital
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) commiserates with the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria (CSN) as it conducts mass burial for the two priests and parishioners killed by the Fulani herdsmen in Benue State recently.

CAN describes the present moment in Nigeria as a trying time for the church, adding, "We also urge all Christians to identify with the Catholic Church in its nationwide peaceful protest against senseless killings in Nigeria.

CAN asks the Nigerian security agencies to rise up to the security challenges in the country. It contends that security operatives  have no excuse, while no one should be blamed for the failure to stop the unending senseless killings in Nigeria.

CAN expressed dismay that killing of innocent is assuming global embarrassment with  mass burial being carried out at all times without a country like Nigeria fighting a war.

CAN calls on President Muhammadu Buhari not to forget his 2015 campaign promises including fighting insecurity and keeping Nigeria united and upon which Nigerians overwhelmingly voted for him. Buhari's government should not fold arms and watch misguided Nigerians, mostly Boko Haram and herdsmen promote killing as a past a time in the name of politics and ethnic while solution appears very elusive.

CAN said, "It is disheartening to note that criminal Fulani herdsmen, bandits, kidnappers and other hoodlums have reduced Nigeria to a Banana Republic.

"This development is unacceptable and we call  on all well meaning people anywhere in the world to join hands in praying for the deliverance, freedom and liberty from this self  inflicted bondage"
While CAN is not opposed to the President’s exercise of his civic right by seeking re-election to the office for the second time, we urge him to halt it meanwhile and attend to the security problems occasioned by the criminal activities of the terrorists, herdsmen and bandits.
CAN asks President Buhari to suspend his re-election bid until he restores sanity to the country while ensuring the release of Leah Sharibu, the remaining Chibok girls and other abductees from the captivity of the Boko Haram terrorists.

It said, Buhari's ongoing campaign for re-election without plans to stop the state of anomie in Nigeria is scary, making Nigerians to believe that Nigeria had more than before become unsafe, more for Christians and ethnic groups marked for genocide.
 CAN prays for comfort to the bereaved, accelerated recovery to those who are recuperating from the wounds and multiple injuries sustained from  terror attacks in the past years and few months.
It is our hope that THIS SEASON OF INCESSANT KILLINGS WILL SOON BECOME HISTORY IN JESUS' NAME.

CAN REJOICES WITH ISRAEL @70 AND DECLARES JERUSALEM AS THE CAPITAL OF ISREAL IS IN ORDER
Once again, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) congratulates the Israelis government on the relocation of the capital to Jerusalem and on the occasion of 70 years anniversary of their country.
Unarguably, the relocation is the Special Anniversary Present from the God of the Patriarchs.
We are happy that countries such as the United States of America, Guatemala, Honduras, Romania and Paraguay have relocated their embassies from Tel Aviv.
The declaration made by President Donald Trump on 6 December, 2017 was a fulfilment of the Biblical prophecy and it is our prayers that other countries including Nigeria will relocate their embassies from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
At a press conference addressed by our late General Secretary, Rev Dr Musa Asake, on 16th January, 2018, we condemned in strong terms the position of President Muhammadu Buhari’s government that voted against the position of the US  on the historic decision.
In that statement, we declared, “The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) is compelled once again, tto draw the attention of the Buhari Administration to the non-aligned status of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in international conflicts. We have had cause to express great apprehension when in December 2015, President Buhari, without giving consideration to Section 10 of the Constitution, as well as to the sensitivity of Christians that constitute over 50% of the Nigerian population, led Nigeria to join the Saudi Arabia initiated Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition (IMCTC).
“Since then, there have been other disturbing actions of the President internally, that borders on adoption of Islam as state religion in a Secular State. These include the promotion of Sharia Compliant Finance, using State resources, violation of Federal Character Principle in the Constitution by appointing mostly Muslims to head Security Units in the nation, and the inability of the Government to arrest and prosecute rampaging Islamic militias, amongst others.
“Recently, Mr. President once again dragged Nigeria to interfere in the Israeli/Palestinian conflict by voting against the recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel at the United Nations. The non-aligned status of Nigeria demanded that Nigeria should have abstained from voting, either for or against, when the issue came up at the UN...
 “The Christian Association of Nigeria is placing on record that the negative vote of Nigeria over Jerusalem is not the consensus of the citizens of this country and therefore, it should not be regarded as representing the choice of Nigeria. It is a sectional and unilateral imposition of the President Buhari Administration.”
The President, His Eminence, Rev Dr Samson Olasupo Ayokunle seek your assistance in disseminating this information to the public as he prays for your divine protection and all round prosperity.
Thank You.
Signed
Pastor Adebayo Oladeji, the Special Assistant (Media & Communications), to the CAN President, His Eminence, Rev Dr Samson Olasupo A. Ayokunle.