Deborah: CAN charges pastors, church leaders to ensure Christians remain peaceful
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Kaduna State chapter, has charged pastors and church leaders to plead with their members not to take laws into their own hands.
CAN insisted Christians should remain peaceful, law-abiding and refrain from any act of lawlessness, and apply emotional intelligence in the face of challenge and provocation.
A statement by the Secretary of CAN, Kaduna State, Rev Ma’aji Caleb, said, CAN has appealed to “our Amiable Pastors and Church Leaders to continue to use our God-given roles and Revered pulpits to appeal to our Members to remain peaceful and law-abiding as we are always known. We are blessed because we are always known for peaceful coexistence (Matthew 5:9).”
The statement urged Christians to refrain from any act of lawlessness, and apply emotional intelligence in the face of challenge and provocation.
He said the State CAN Chairman “requests us to pray for the repose of the soul of our sister Deborah Samuel who was gruesomely murdered by her senseless, inhuman and irreligious perpetrators.”
CAN called on the security agencies to work assiduously to apprehend and prosecute those responsible to ensure due justice is done without fear and favour.
It strongly condemned what it called “this heinous crime against the creator and humanity” and pray for the peace of Kaduna State/Nigeria and grant the political leaders the sincere political will to be fair, just and equitable to all the citizenry.