As anxiety continues to mount this yuletide, concerning the state of security in the nation, the Christian Associaton of Nigeria, CAN, in the 19 Northern States and Abuja, has declared that no evil plan or force will stop Christmas celebrations in the region.
Mr. Sunday Oibe, who is the Public Relations Officer for Northern CAN, said christians will not accept the killings of any of them on Christmas day, “which is a day of peace”.
The Association insisted that the major aim of these attacks was to wipe out christians from the North, and called on the federal government to deal with terrorism in the country.
“We are appealing to Boko Haram to shelve their threat on Christians in the North during this Christmas celebration because they claimed to be working for Islam but Muslims celebrated their Sallah and there was no Christian attack against them,” the CAN spokeman said.
“We are also appealing to a respected Muslim leader in Nigeria, Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, together with good Muslim imams to please preach their message that would reach Boko Haram to drop their threat because Christians in the North are running out of patience
“We can’t take the killings of our brothers, children and women in churches during Christmas anymore.
“This period is special to Christians all over the world; it is a period of peace. But if Boko Haram goes ahead with their planned attack, according to security warning in the newspapers, it will be a declaration of war against Christians in Nigeria.
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