The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has condemned in strong terms, the gruesome murder of Madam Harira and her four innocent children by some “unknown gunmen” and demands justice.


The President of CAN, His Eminence, Rev. Samson Ayokunle, made this known in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, issued by Pastor Adebayo Oladeji, his Special Assistant.


In the statement, CAN calls on security agencies to fish out those responsible for the wicked act in order to stop the senseless killings in the country.


” This criminality is totally unacceptable, unjustifiable, and reprehensible to CAN and all right-thinking people."


” We call on the security operatives to wake up to their responsibilities."


” The criminals are now operating with impunity while those who are expected to stop or apprehend them appear powerless."


“This cannot be the dream country of those who fought for her independence from the colonial masters,” the statement read.


CAN said it was disheartening and unfortunate that nowhere was safe again in the country as killers, bandits, terrorists, and kidnappers were on the rampage in every nook and cranny of the country.


CAN calls on the leadership of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOBs) to stop these criminalities under the pretext of fighting for independence.


” Are they fighting for a country for the dead or the living? They should know that their criminalities are not helping the case of their leader, Nnamdi Kanu."


” They should not turn the Southeast to a ‘No Man’s Land’ in the interest of the founding fathers of this country who hailed from the zone,” CAN said.


The CAN president said that their actions were not only giving the Ndigbo a bad name but they were creating an atmosphere for Ethno-religious wars."


” Will a reasonable group be committing crimes like this?"


” We call on the political elites, religious leaders, and the traditional rulers of Ndigbo extraction to prevail on the violent groups in the Eastern part of the country to stop needless bloodshed and tension they are causing for economic prosperity and wellbeing of the region."


CAN commiserates with all the bereaved of the senseless killings, especially the immediate family of lady Fatima and the recently murdered Honourable member of Anambra State House to Assembly, Okechukwu Okoye.


“May God console and comfort them as He pours healing balm on their wounds in Jesus’ name.”

 

 

 
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