Deborah: “They’ll use thugs to hijack it” – CAN explains reason for shunning street protest

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The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) says a nationwide protest against the killing of Deborah Samuel billed for May 22 will proceed as planned.

However, the Christian body said that the protests would hold in front of CAN secretariats in the various states and big churches.

The body said that there would be no street protests because of the fear of hijack by sponsored thugs.

Spokesman for the CAN President, Rev. Bayo Oladeji stated this on Tuesday.

Recall that Ms. Samuel, a 200 level student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, was beaten to death before being set ablaze by Muslim students who accused her of blasphemy against Prophet Muhammad last Thursday.

CAN strongly condemned the killing and called for a nationwide protest among Christians across the nation on Sunday, May 22.

Oladeji said that the protest has not been called off despite rumour circulating of its cancellation.

“Of course, the nationwide protests will continue. We are not going to take to the streets so nobody should stop us from gathering in front of our premises. We will be by CAN secretariats and lift up our placards.

“In cities where there are no CAN secretariats, we will use big churches to stage protests. We know too well that if we take to the streets, they will use thugs to hijack it. So, we will gather in front of our churches. We are not going to take to the streets,” he said.

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