The Christian Association of Nigeria, has directed christian leaders in the country to terminate their participation in the activities of the Nigerian Inter-Religious Council, until their counterparts of Islamic faith show commitment to tame their followers on equal terms.
The organisation also called on every christian parents across the country, especially Northern states, to discourage sending their children to any school in Sokoto State.
CAN said the directive to parents would continue, pending when the Federal and State governments would be ready and willing to secure the lives of its children both in Sokoto and other states that had been hostile to Christians and Christianity.
The Public Relations Officer of CAN (19 Northern States and Abuja), Chaplain Jechonia Gilbert, have the directives in a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday titled, ‘Deborah Samuel: No cover up, assailants must face judgment.’
The organisation was reacting to the killing of Deborah Samuel by Muslim fundamentalists at the Shehu Shagari College of Education in Sokoto over alleged blasphemy against Prophet Mohammed.
CAN warned the faith who kill to please their God to exercise restraint because, “those tried it in Egypt and their experiences should be enough warning.”
“There is a Red Sea awaiting them, even those who are secretly encouraging them, must partake in the Red Sea experience”, CAN cursed.
Deborah Samuel, a 200 Level student of Home Economics in the institution was murdered by Islamic extremists and set ablaze after she advised her classmates against posting religious materials in their WhatsApp page.
But Gilbert condemned the killing of Deborah Samuel, describing it as, “gruesome and barbaric.”
He said,
