The northern chapter of the Christian Association of
Nigeria, CAN, has asked Christians to defend
themselves whenever they came under attack,
following the killing of eight Christians in Talata-
Mafara in Zamfara State and pastor of the Redeemed
Christian Church of God, Luka Ubangari, by
suspected Fulani herdsmen in Unguwan Anjo in
Kaduna State.
Secretary to Northern CAN, Rev. Danladi Yerima,
confirmed yesterday that his group had scheduled an
emergency meeting for tomorrow (today) to look at
the state of the nation, especially as it affects the
Church in Nigeria, with a view to finding solutions to
them.
Appealing to the youth wing of the association, who
are unhappy with the current developments across
the nation, Rev. Yerima told the Federal Government
and stakeholders in the Nigerian project to expedite
action to arrest the growing trend of militancy in the
North to avoid more devastating consequences.
Yerima said: “Nobody has monopoly of violence. We
have been holding our youths from retaliating some
of these unwarranted killing of Christians in different
parts of the country. We are not happy and I think
this should be the last of such incidents because let
them not take for granted the peaceful manner that
Christians had approached some of these
developments.”
“I cannot allow myself to be killed or allow some
other person to be killed because some hooligans
see themselves to be more Nigerians than others.
“What happened in Zamfara is most unfortunate. I do
not know when our brothers in the North would
realize that life is created by God and it is sacrosanct
to the effect that nobody is allowed to take the life of
another person unless in accordance with a judicial
pronouncement on account of an offence
committed.”

Source: http://rhapsodiaffos..co.ke/2016/08/zamfara-killings-can-talks-tough-issues.html?m=1

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