The Christian Association of Nigeria{CAN} has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to as a matter of urgency dismiss the whole idea of amnesty to the Boko Haram sect, as it would be an invitation to confusion in the country. The General Secretary of CAN, Rev Musa Asake stated this when he addressed journalists on Tuesday in Abuja. He said that instead, the Federal Government should begin the process of compensating and alleviating the sufferings of the victims of the sect. CAN called on President Jonathan to ignore the Northern elders who were putting pressure on him and turning serious security matters into politics. Asake also stated that CAN was embarrassed by the same calling for amnesty by the Ja’amatu Nasril Islam{JNI}, which it said should be seen as the leading light of Islam by its truth and fairness all the times, had veered off the path in its quest of hood winking the world from the cruelty of Boko Haram against Christians in the North. He further stated that John Cardinal Onaiyekan and Bishop Matthew Kukah did not have the moral or institutional authority to speak for Nigerian Christians, as they had supported the position of the JNI. He said [...]
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