The leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has asked the federal government to think out of the box to tackle the security crisis in the country while also condemning the recent killing of 43 farmers in Borno State by terrorists
The association in a statement signed by Pastor Bayo Oladeji urged the security agencies to wake up from their prolonged slumber and save their image.
“The government is urged to think out of the box and take adequate steps to bring the terrorists to their knees rather than finding excuses to justify the failure of governance. Mass burials without a full-scale war is unprecedented and unacceptable.” The statement reads
The body expressed great pain about terror in the land noting that “killings and kidnapping of people are no longer news in the country adding also that no one is immune from it.”
He said “it is impossible for well-meaning people to be watching while a nation so blessed by God is swallowing its inhabitants.
“CAN condemned in strong terms the killing of not fewer than 43 rice farmers in Borno State by unknown persons suspected to be terrorists.”
It called on the security agencies to “stop the unending mass killings by the criminals who now operate with impunity all over the country but more devastatingly in the Northeast and Northwest of the country.”
The body wondered at a situation where farmers are being taxed by the terrorists and bandits before they are allowed to work on their farms.
It noted that “we are in a recession in the country, yet, criminals are still preventing farmers from going to the farm to harvest. We are not aware of any country where similar lawlessness is taking place without being adequately checked.”
While reassuring the government that it would continue to pray for Nigeria and advise it, it urged the government to be more decisive in taking far-reaching security steps.
“Continuous sympathy through press statements or condolence visit after many souls have been wasted is not acceptable anymore. What we need is adequate protection of lives and property by those we have put in charge to do so.
“May the Lord comfort the relatives of those who were killed and save our nation from total collapse in Jesus’ name.”