Adesina Under Fire For Attack On CAN

By Ayodele Oluwafemi

Some Nigerians, on Twitter, have lambasted Femi Adeshina, the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President over his reaction to the position of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, on the execution by Boko Haram of Rev. Lawan Andimi, an official of CAN in Adamawa State.

CAN had at a press conference, on Thursday, tackled President Buhari with nine cogent questions, pertaining to the issue of insecurity and how Christians are prey of the Boko Haram insurgents.

Reacting to this, Adeshina had chided CAN of acting as a political party even as he did not reference the questions including the veracity of the claim that Boko Haram had been defeated.

“So that is all that matters to CAN, as if it was an opposition political party? Boasts. No. This would not augur for unity and cohesion in a country. We are not asking the Christian body to be in bed with government, that would not help anybody, but the organization has been sounding too long like a political party,” Adesina had written.

Adeshina’s reaction to CAN statement on Rev. Andimi’s murder has angered some Christians, including former Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, who said:

“How can a man who claims to be a Christian attempt to defend the indefensible & insult CAN? The blood of Rev. Andimi & every Christian killed by BH & the Fulani are on his hands & the hands of his boss.”

Those who reacted to the development on Twitter lambasted Adeshina, for what they described as insensitivities and playing to the gallery of the presidency, without recourse to his conscience and religious beliefs.

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