More than 200 Muslim youth volunteers are part
of those protecting Christians during church
services to celebrate this year’s Christmas in
Kaduna, says Pastor Yohanna Buru. Buru, a cleric of Christ Evangelical Church, Sabon
Tasha, Kaduna South, disclosed this in an
interview with pressmen in Kaduna. He confirmed that over 200 Muslims were at his
church to help protect the faithful from any
attack during the church service. According to him, the feat is the first of its kind
after the series of crises that rocked the state in
recent past.
“I really appreciate their love and care,’’ said the
cleric. Buru said the essence of that was to protect the
Christian worshippers as part of effort to
strengthen peaceful co-existence between Muslims
and Christians in the state. The pastor expressed happiness over the
protection given to them by the Muslim brothers. He noted the initiative was an indication that
peace has come to stay in the state, saying the
measure will strengthen a lasting peace between
the two religions. He also prayed God to continue to bring about
peace in the country the country, praying that
other citizens would emulate the gesture. He urged Nigerians to learn to live in peace with
one another irrespective of ethnic or religious
differences.
The cleric said that peace was a major panacea
to the positive development of any nation. (NAN)