CAN raises the alarm over plot to eliminate Christian leaders

Christian Associa-tion of Nigeria, CAN, has raised the alarm over alleged moves by some groups to eliminate Christian lead-ers. The Christian body also refuted the allegation that its President, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, was be-hind the recent Kaduna religious crisis, which claimed lives and prop-erty. The Public Relations Officer of CAN in 19 northern states and Abu-ja, Mr. Sunday Oibe, said in a statement that the allegation was false and malicious.

The statement reads in part: “We are not unaware of certain moves to elimi-nate Christian leaders. “In the first place, the statement which was al-leged to have been made by the CAN president is not only false, but it is also malicious, mischie-vous and self-serving be-cause Pastor Oritsejafor, both in his private and public utterances, has never made any such statement.

The quoted statement credited to the CAN president does not, in anyway, represent his manner of speech, given his nationalistic fervour and interest in one Nige-ria.” The association also said that Christians would never support the killings of Nigerians ei-ther through reprisals or any other means as claimed in some quar-ters.