CAN calls for nationwide protest against herdsmen killings

The Christian Association of Nigeria, has called for a nationwide protest against killings and bloodshed in the country. The CAN President, Rev. Olasupo Ayokunle, in a statement on Wednesday, urged Christians to hold peaceful protests within their church premises on Sunday, April 29, 2018. He made the call against the backdrop of the Tuesday killing of two priests and 17 worshippers at St. Ignatius Catholic Church, Mbalom, Gwer East Local Government Area of Benue State.

He said, “CAN urges Christians in Nigeria to hold a peaceful protest on the set-aside date, in the premises of their churches asking the Federal Government and the security agencies to stop the unending killings and bloodshed in the country. “Christians are to carry placards with inscriptions meant to address issues about sustained killings, attacks and destruction of their property in Nigeria.

“The inscriptions on placards could read, ‘Enough of bloodshed in Nigeria,’ ‘Enough of unlawful killings in the country’, ‘FG, Release Leah Sharibu from the bondage,’ ‘FG, Stop Herdsmen Killings,’ CAN rejects FG’s poor handling of insecurity.’”