Murder Of CAN Chairman Shames FG’s Claim Of Having Defeated Boko Haram – CAN

The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN has cited the murder of one of its officials, Rev. Lawan Andimi as a shame to the Federal Government’s claim of having defeated Boko Haram saying it leaves suspicions of Federal Government collaboration with the insurgents.

Andimi, chairman of the Michika Local Government Area, Adamawa State chapter, CAN said in a statement yesterday is another example of the Federal Government’s seeming unwillingness or incapacity to defend Nigerians and Christians especially it claimed are under attack by religious terrorists.

Noting that the killing of Andimi came just after another clergyman, Rev Denis Bagauri was murdered by unknown gunmen in his residence at Mayo Belwa of Adamawa State, CAN in the statement issued on behalf of its president, Dr. Kunle Olasupo, by Evangelist Kwamkur Samuel Vondip, Director, Legal and Public Affairs, said:

“The Church views the unabated kidnappings, extortions and killings of Christians and innocent Nigerians as shameful to the government that each time boasts that it has conquered insurgency.

“It is reprehensible and saddening that each time the government comes out to claim the defeat of the insurgency, more killings of our people are committed.

“In the light of the current developments and the circumstantial facts surrounding the prevailing upsurge of attacks against the church, it will be difficult for us to believe that the Federal Government under President Mohammadu Buhari is not colluding with the insurgents to exterminate Christians in Nigeria bearing in mind the very questionable leadership of the security sector that has been skewed towards a religion and region!

“Is that lopsidedness not a cover up for the operation of the insurgency? If not, why couldn’t the well equipped security agents of Nigeria get this man killed rescued?

“The Federal Government is urged to ensure the release of the prisoner of faith, Leah Sharibu and hundreds victims who are in the Boko Haram and ISWAP captivity before it is too late. A government that cannot protect the governed is a failed government.

Even as it commiserated with the family of the deceased, CAN raised the following posers for the government:

• What is the essence of SIM card registration if the authorities cannot use it to track down these killers who rely on phones as a mean  of communications to do their criminalities?

• What has become of Intelligence gathering of our security agencies?

• Is this government and the security agencies still claiming that the war against these criminals in religious garments has been won despite all the killings?

• Is the government sincere in fighting these terrorists or merely paying lip service to the war against the insurgency?

• Is there any hope that our security is guaranteed under this government?

• Can the government tell us what they did since Rev. Andimì cried out to them for help?

• If the security agencies claim the terrorists are operating outside the country, why is it possible for these hoodlums to invade the country, kill, maim, burn and kidnap without any convincing checks on the part of the security agencies?

• Since the government and its apologists are claiming the killings have no religious undertones, why are the terrorists and herdsmen targeting the predominantly Christian communities and Christian leaders?

• If the security agencies are not living up to the expectations of the government, why hasn’t it overhauled them with a view of injecting new visionaries ones into the security system?

“As long as the government continues to live in denial and fail to face the reality, these criminals will not stop their criminalities. We are almost losing hope in government’s ability to protect Nigerians especially Christians who have become endangered species under its watch.

“We once again call on the International community and developed world like the US, the UK, Germany, Israel and others to please come to our aid of Nigeria, especially, the Nigerian Church so that we might not be eliminated one by one.”

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