Pastor Oristejafor said Christians have suffered
more in the region as insurgents, driven by what
he called the ‘Wahabist ideologies’, attack
communities in the north east.
Oritsejafor, who spoke on Wednesday in Abuja
during the National Executive Council (NEC)
meeting of CAN, said “territories that have fallen
under the control of Boko Haram are
predominantly populated by Christians, a sign
that Christians are no longer safe in those parts
of the country.
“What is happening there is unacceptable to us.
Christians are the main victims. We are not
saying that other people are not affected. But
Christians are the ones affected more. All the
places where Boko Haram has foisted their flags
are dominated by Christians.
“They have taken over Mubi in Adamawa state
which is dominated by Christians. Somebody will
now tell me this is not religion. Who is fooling
who? Nigerians should accept that we have a
problem”, he said.
The clergy also called on local and international
community and religious bodies to help Nigeria in
wining the fight against terrorism.
Apart from urging Christians to intensify prayers
for the victims of the insurgency in the north east,
the CAN leader said the military needs a superior
ideology to defeat insurgency.
“All well meaning Nigerians must pray and
continue to pray. We must pray. I will not join
those condemning our security agencies. They are
Nigerians. Women are losing their husbands and
children are losing their fathers. I want to
challenge the military. They can do better. They
must continue to fish out those sabotaging their
efforts. Those people should be expelled. They are
in all the security agencies.
“No matter the intention you have, if you have
people working against you, you will not succeed.
There are too many people in the system working
against the system. Why should these kind of
things be happening? Innocent people are being
killed. It is too much. Enough is enough!
He further noted that the ongoing insurgency in
the north is a religious and ideological war that
needs the support of Islamic scholars and the
military to succeed.
“I want to make an appeal to our Muslim clerics
and Muslim political leaders to come together and
see how they can help us solve this problem.
They have the solution. There are some Muslim
scholars Boko Haram members respect. To a
large extent, that is the only way out.
“As members of CAN, we are ready to meet with
them. I believe in progressive dialogue. This is my
strong appeal. I want to appeal to those at the
grass root. This connects to the leaders. The
leaders should talk to those at the grass roots.
They should give reliable intelligence to our
security agents. Please, do not harbour these
people. They are not fighting for you. Expose
them”, he said.
Culled from channelstv.
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