In response to the statement made by President Muhammadu Buhari regarding the victims of Boko Haram insurgency, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has accused the Federal Government of paying more attention to Boko Haram than it does to victims of their attacks.
This was disclosed in a statement released by the National Director of Legal and Public Affairs of CAN, Kwamkur Vondip, on Thursday, where the group disclosed that President Buhari’s statement was “false and provocative”.
According to the statement, the president tried to justify which religion suffers more from the attacks of Boko Haram in spite of the glaring evidence which shows that the insurgents are clearly against Christians and are aiming towards islamization of Nigeria. It further said that the Muslim victims who suffer attacks from Boko Haram are the few who speak against the activities of the insurgents.
The statement read:
“The Christian Association of Nigeria notes with pains the President Buhari’s unfounded, false, provocative and misleading assertion that 90% of Boko Haram victims are Muslims,”
“On reading this misleading and provocative statement coming from the number one citizen of the country, one will hardly believe that the President understands the difference between the real victims and perpetrators of the heinous crime against the Church and humanity.
“First of all, it’s so disappointing to hear the President trying to justify which religion is suffering most from the grievous attacks of the terrorists. Are we into any competition with the number of the victims? Is there any life that should not be precious to Mr President.
“Boko Haram from the onset did not hide their mission and targets. From their original name, the video recordings and newspapers reports on their operations confirmed this fact. The sole purpose of Boko Haram is the killing of Christians and Islamisation of Nigeria.
“They clearly stated that they were going to fight both government institutions and Muslims who will not cooperate and support the project.”
“On attacks on Mosques and Muslims, it’s true that some Muslims have fallen victims of Boko Haram but those victims are few Muslims who speak against the activities of Boko Haram,” he said.
“Nigerians need to know if they have not known the reason why the Presidency could not pay ransom to rescue Chibok girls, it is because 80% to 90% of the girls are Christians.
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“It’s very sad that instead of the government to apologize to Christians and Nigerians on their inability to defend their lives and property, they are busy playing international politics with the lives of the citizens.
“All the Nigeria Church is asking for is that if President Buhari is still in love with Nigerians, he should stop listening to sycophants and do all within his power to convince Nigerians that he is fighting the killers of Nigerians.”
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