The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Anambra chapter has again lamented the incessant killings of innocent citizens in the country by suspected herdsmen.
The group asserted that as far as most Nigerians were concerned, the menace of herdsmen is worse than the dreaded coronavirus ravaging the entire globe, regretting that Christians were the worst hit.
The Chairman of the body, Rev. John Ndubisi, who disclosed this on Saturday in Onitsha, noted that the herdmen were bent on taking over the the entire country through violence with their cows.
He however regretted the indifferent disposition of President Muhammadu Buhari to the bloodletting and activities of the rampaging nomads, insisting that condolence messages were not enough.
He said: “These terrorists called herdsmen are perpetrating all sorts of attrocities against Nigerians by killing people, destroying farmlands, kidnapping and robbing people at gunpoint and even raping women and girls in front of their husbands and parents.
“Look at how Christians are being massacred in virtually all parts of the North
and President Muhammadu Buhari is not saying or doing anything in response to
the killings.”
The cleric pledged the commitment of the body to uphold the state in prayers, especially in the area of security of lives and properties of the people of the state.
He also assured that CAN in the state would join other Christians nationwide tomorrow (Sunday) to pray against the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria.
“Let me seize this opportunity to enjoin all Churches in the state to spend quality time to pray and ask God to intervene on our behalf and block the COVID-19 pandemic from entering into the state and from killing people in Nigeria and world over,” he stressed.
