Christian leadership under serious attacks – CAN
Christian Association of Nigeria’s Youth Wing (YOWICAN), on Wednesday, cried out that the leadership of Christians in Nigeria is under serious attacks as abductions and killings of the men of God is continuing unabated.
National president of YOWICAN, Engr. Daniel Kadzai, stated during a chat with journalists in Lafia, the Nasarawa state capital, adding that some Christian leaders were abducted in Kaduna state and later released after 10 days, even as some were abducted in Benue state but later, one of them got killed by the kidnappers.
He also lamented at the brutal murder of Rev. Joseph Zakariah Kura, the CAN chairman of Obi Local Government Area, by people suspected to be Fulani militants while he was in the bush gathering timber to roof his Obi ECWA church.
Kadzai, therefore, called on government to find a solution to this problem because as according to him, “to us, it is not just a kind of co-incident, but a calculated act which government at all levels in the country should employ serious strategy to avert the dangerous trend.”
He said the position of YOWICAN on either grazing or ranch policy as championed by the Federal Government was that everybody should return to his state or local council area and domesticate grazing reserve or ranch as the case may be.
According to him, “Nigerian are angry with the policy of either grazing or ranching as championed by the government due to the persistent attacks meted on the natives by the Fulani militants who are even said not to be from Nigeria.”
Consequently, Kadzai advised that for government to be a tool for advertising the establishment of grazing or ranches in the country in its stead, he advised them to pay attention on Fulani attacks, Niger Delta Avengers, kidnapping and Boko Haram activities.
