FG insincere in fight against Boko Haram - CAN

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has accused the Federal Government of insincerity in the fight against Boko Haram by not prosecuting those arrested and accused of sponsoring the sect.
The General Secretary of CAN, Reverend Musa Asake, stated this on Thursday in Abuja.
Asake, who spoke on behalf of the association in a press conference, said  lip service was being  paid to the pursuit of peace and good neigbourliness, saying that the question on the lips of everyone is ‘who is the next victim?’
According to CAN, the state of the nation called for concern and so is the state of christendom at what the association described as trying time in the history of Nigeria.
The association said that the situation demanded urgent attention, if Nigerians were not to descend to a level of every man for himself.
Asake said: “We believe that Boko Haram is sustained through the procurement of unbelievable amounts of heavy arms and weapons transported from country to country and funded by some fat pockets and money bags. The major source of concern to us in CAN is the Nigerian government’s failure to prosecute all the arrested persons allegedly backing Boko Haram.
“The picture that emerges from this is that government is insincere with its much touted war against the sect members, one good reason why the government is yet to flush out the group. Government must acquire a reputation for being taken seriously on this matter by the populace. It must also acquire the spine to prosecute any member of the sect already in the government’s net. To do otherwise, is to make most Nigerians to believe that some classes of Nigerians are untouchable.
“This language may not be palatable to many, but as long as the Federal Government fails to confront this monster headlong, and as long as the Muslim leaders in the North, in whose domain this bloodthirsty evil group reside fail to cooperate with government and stop the clamour for amnesty for a sect that is unrepentant, so long shall we continue to brood”.
CAN lamented  the fact that some mosques in Christian dominated areas of Kaduna State were equally affected in reprisals, adding that in Jos, Plateau State, a Christian stronghold, no fewer than a hundred churches cannot be used for worship since they have either been ravaged or considered not safe for worshipers any more.
Meanwhile. chieftains of  Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) have again, expressed worry over the security challenges in some parts of the North and the increasing toll on human life and property.
They said on Thursday that they were very concerned about the seeming inability of the authorities to bring the unfortunate situation under control, especially the total rejection of calls for amnesty to the insurgents without offering any viable alternative course of action.
This was contained in a communiqué issued to journalists in Kaduna by the National Publicity Secretary of the ACF, Anthony Sani, after an emergency Joint Meeting of Board of Trustees and National Executive Committee members of the forum.
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