THE Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the northern part of the country, which is made up of the 19 states in the region and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, has denied calling on President Goodluck Jonathan to resign.

The association allegedly made the call because of the inability of the Jonathan’s government to stop the insecurity in the country.

Jonathan’s statement that the government could not crush Boko Haram because “they are our siblings and you cannot set the army to wipe out your family” was said to have informed the wrath of a section of the Northern CAN who asked him to resign.

Besides, the Special Adviser to Kaduna State Governor on Religious Matters, Rev. Joseph Hayap, yesterday warned religious leaders across the country to desist from inflammatory statements that could overheat the nation’s polity and derail democracy.

It was learnt at the Northern CAN Secretariat in Kaduna that no official statement was issued by the CAN leadership for Jonathan to resign.

The Northern CAN Spokesman, Mr. Sunday Oibe, was under intense fire over the comment credited to him by some newspapers.

A source at Northern CAN Secretariat who pleaded anonymity said that “when I called the young man, he said he did not mean that our president should resign. We in the Northern CAN would not want do anything that will cause crisis for President Goodluck Jonathan.”

In a statement, Hayab said that the comment urging the president to resign was capable of inciting “Northerners and specially Christians against the Jonathan Administration,” warning that religious leaders must not overheat the polity.

The governor’s aide, who is also a former Secretary-General of the Kaduna branch of the CAN said in the statement, titled, “Religious Leaders Overheating Nigerian Polity”: “I read the alarming news headlines in various newspapers … alleging the leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the 19 Northern states of the federation has expressed disappointment in the President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, over his handling of the Boko Haram insurgency, and also on the comments by Sheik Gumi calling on President Goodluck to resign…

“Northern CAN has no quarrel with the statement from President Jonathan that it would not be the preference of the Federal Government to send in soldiers to wipe out Boko Haram for the simple reason that Boko Haram are faceless and when soldiers are sent in to wipe out a faceless group it is the innocent that suffer…”

Mavrick2012: So because Kaduna is d HQ of political north dats y northern CAN HQ is also in kaduna.in dis con3 one canot realy difrentiate btw religion n politics,cant difrentiate politicians n clergy,dis has d propensity of fanin d emba of curuptn,religious fanatism n bigotry

mykejones: I hope El Rufai will be eager to post this story on his facebook wall as he had done with the previous.

ebamma: since una no wan make him resign,i hope say when boko boys start terrorise una again,una no go change mouth

ebamma: He that dwelleth in the
secret tower of aso rock,
shall hide under the
umbrella of PDP.
I will say of Obasanjo, he
is my godfather and my
fortress, in him i trust.
Surely he delivered me
from deputy governor to
governor and from vice
president to president.
He shall cover me with
PDP's umbrella, and only
him shall i trust.
I shall not be afraid of the
kidnappers in the east, nor
agberos in the west nor
bokoharam in the north.
A thousand shall die in Jos,
and ten thousand shall die
in Borno state, but it shall
not concern me, because
am always safe inside
asorock.
No evil shall befall me and
no bokoharam bomb shall
come near my aso rock,
for many policemen and
army always guide me.
I shall tread upon the lion
and the dragon, because
obasanjo my godfather
loves me.
He shall call me and i will
answer him and i will
deliver him when efcc try
to arrest him, with my life
will i serve him and show
him my appreciation.
Amen

mykejones: I hope El Rufai will be eager to post this story on his facebook wall as he had done with the previous.

Bukkyade: u dey mind the mallam?

Tayo114: Jonathan is not doing anything 4 d nothern xtian that voted for him, nd didnt even intend to do anything, remember the last attack in churches at kaduna the same day jonathan traveld to Brazil, what a shame!

noblezone:
The resignation of Jonathan will not naturally end the Bokos menace, what will end it is a Hausa/Fuluni Moslem from the core North becomes the president with a promise to the Bokos that he would use the power of the presidency to push the Boko's agenda of forceful Islamisation of Nigeria.

Though I promise you, that it will never happen. Rather Nigeria will split!

Tayo114: Jonathan is not doing anything 4 d nothern xtian that voted for him, nd didnt even intend to do anything, remember the last attack in churches at kaduna the same day jonathan traveld to Brazil, what a shame!

Tayo114: Jonathan is not doing anything 4 d nothern xtian that voted for him, nd didnt even intend to do anything, remember the last attack in churches at kaduna the same day jonathan traveld to Brazil, what a shame!

Dollarman101:

Don't say what you don't know. What do you mean by GEJ is not doing anything for northern christains? You know how many northern christains that have been elevated to positions of authority since JONA came in? You know how many road projects that he is undergoing in areas dominated by Northern christains? In Kaduna alone, there is the Kaduna Eastern bye pass road being done by Gej . Lafia-Obi-Awe roads. Are the northern christains not beneficiaries to the ongoing power reforms and improvement in power. The Abuja-Kaduna rail way is in progress.

On security, the Fg is not resting on his oars. There is the JTF operations. Soldiers are dominant in the streets of Kaduna. When Zaria was attacked, the president rose to the occasion and deployed more soldiers to curtail it. He met With service chiefs alongside the Governor to impose curfew on the state. When the security forces came ontop of the situation, the president had to travel in honour of an international obligation.
There is nothing to suggest that the security situation relapsed due to the president's absence. It was even around that period that Bama was killed by JTF. Abeg make we dey talk reasonably.

Dollarman101:

Don't say what you don't know. What do you mean by GEJ is not doing anything for northern christains? You know how many northern christains that have been elevated to positions of authority since JONA came in? You know how many road projects that he is undergoing in areas dominated by Northern christains? In Kaduna alone, there is the Kaduna Eastern bye pass road being done by Gej . Lafia-Obi-Awe roads. Are the northern christains not beneficiaries to the ongoing power reforms and improvement in power. The Abuja-Kaduna rail way is in progress.

On security, the Fg is not resting on his oars. There is the JTF operations. Soldiers are dominant in the streets of Kaduna. When Zaria was attacked, the president rose to the occasion and deployed more soldiers to curtail it. He met With service chiefs alongside the Governor to impose curfew on the state. When the security forces came ontop of the situation, the president had to travel in honour of an international obligation.
There is nothing to suggest that the security situation relapsed due to the president's absence. It was even around that period that Bama was killed by JTF. Abeg make we dey talk reasonably.

muktar mtt: U r First class mumu I ever see in nairaland u have chicken brain stupid punk ass say Hausa man want islamize Nigeria I tink Yar'adua rule b4 GEJ did he islimize Nigeria I tink he is first guy dat dat start dealing wit boko haram he have dem kill by police, dey kill over 500 of them thr is still. D vedio of dat masscre on net on youtube yar'dua is muslim north nd he oder thr killing, so wat else d u want dat no one want to islamize. 9ja who give a damn abt u practice any religion u lyk who give damn if lyk wsh ur self or ur papa na ur own coup of tea mtsw.

muktar mtt: U r First class mumu I ever see in nairaland u have chicken brain stupid unk ass say Hausa man want islamize Nigeria I tink Yar'adua rule b4 GEJ did he islimize Nigeria I tink he is first guy dat dat start dealing wit boko haram he have dem kill by police, dey kill over 500 of them thr is still. D vedio of dat masscre on net on youtube yar'dua is muslim north nd he oder thr killing, so wat else d u want dat no one want to islamize. 9ja who give a damn abt u practice any religion u lyk who give damn if lyk wsh ur self or ur papa na ur own coup of tea mtsw.

ebamma: since una no wan make him resign,i hope say when boko boys start terrorise una again,una no go change mouth