Christians,defend yourselves against killings

General Secretary urges Christians to defend themselves against killings

Christians have been advised to protect themselves from the ongoing attacks and killings by alleged Muslims.

Christians have been advised to protect themselves from the ongoing attacks and killings by alleged Muslims.

This advice was offered by the General Secretary of theChristian Association of Nigeria, Rev. Musa Asake, in an interview with Bayo Akinloye of Punch.

Speaking to the reporter, he encouraged Christians to take matters into their hands, due to President Muhammadu Buhari’s silence on the continuous killings of non-Muslims.

"That is not taking the law into our hands, it is defending ourselves. You cannot just sit down and allow people to kill you since you have nobody to help you –it’s not taking the law into your hand. If somebody breaks into your house, you have to deal with them. You slap me, I slap you. We have been preaching that ‘vengeance is of the Lord’ but we are being pushed to a certain level that we can no longer tolerate what is happening. As Christians, we don’t have anybody speaking for us; nobody is protecting us. They (the government) are leaving us to die as chickens and so I say ‘enough is enough’.

My brother, the Bible says ‘watch and pray’. The Bible again tells us that if a thief is coming to your house and you are aware of it, you cannot go to bed and allow the thief to destroy your house and kill your family. You have to protect your family. So, we are not going to sit down and be deceived; people are using that verse (of the Bible) against us. If you go into the Bible, there are many passages that we can use (to defend ourselves). If you look at it you can never give me a record of one instance that Christians started killing Muslims in this country; not one instance – I want somebody to prove me wrong", he said.

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General Secretary of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Rev. Musa Asake

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Rev. Asuke also spoke on the president's seemingly indifference to the state of things.

"It’s hard to say; he doesn’t speak whether they kill or they don’t kill, he doesn’t say anything. I don’t know whether the killing of Christians bother him or not. I don’t understand how he’s trying to protect us since security is in the hands of the Muslims. For all the killings in the North he’s not saying anything. But he is more interested in the Niger Delta, sending troops there. We are being killed but he’s not saying a word. That’s a big challenge for a leader who’s supposed to be a father to all. I don’t know whether that bothers him or not since I have not heard him talk. The government is one-sided. People are keeping quiet especially those who are in government. They feel they are fine because of where they are", he said.

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Christian killings in the North

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This is not the first time the CAN has called out the president's inaction and indifference.

"The discrimination against non-Muslims in Nigeria under theBuhari administration is assuming a dangerous dimension that should not be left to the vagaries of time and circumstance to resolve.

Before the situation escalates into an unmanageable crisis, Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, is calling on authorities at the states and federal levels to do everything possible to bring the perpetrators to justice.

These attacks on Christians and the authority’s inaction is becoming unbearable and may not be tolerated anymore. We pray that God, in His mercy, shall comfort and strengthen the families of all Nigerians affected in these unwarranted murders unleashed upon the nation by religious extremists,”  the secretary stated.