President of Christian Association of Nigerian, CAN, Reverend Sampson Ayokunle, has insisted that Biafra agitators are not terrorists.
Ayokunle said marginalization in the South-East was the major issue forcing people from the South-East to seek secession from Nigeria.
The CAN president urged the Federal government to address their grievances so as to quell agitations.
His gave the call during a Collaborative Interfaith Peace and Security Capacity Building Workshop, organized by the Nigerian Army Resource Centre, NARC, in collaboration with Inter-Religious Peace Initiative in Abuja, yesterday.
Represented by Apostle Nyeneime Andy, General Overseer of Holy Ghost Ambassadors Church, he said the people of the South-East only want to be heard.
He said, “The Biafra people are going through a lot, not because they want to be violent, but because they want to be heard.
“One of the things they want to tell Nigerians is that the Biafrans are not a terrorist group. The people want to talk to Nigerians about a general issue that they do not want to be marginalized.
“CAN is not in support of what Biafra agitators are doing, CAN is also not in support of killing and disobedience. Just like herdsmen, so many people take action just on their own without the consent of the state.
“Today, we are coming together to talk about how Nigeria could be better because there’s no other way for Nigeria to be better than to talk about unity.”
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