Anarchy brews as Northern Christian youths threaten to take up arms

Pique by the killings of Christians in Kaduna state and other parts of the country, Christian youths in that state have threatened to resort to self defence.

The youths under the aegis of Christian Youths of Nigeria, the youth wing of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in a statement signed by its national president,
Engr Daniel David Kadzai, also alleged that the Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-rufai was conniving with terrorists to kill Christians.

He therefore called on the state’s House of Assembly to immediately begin procedures to impeach the governor.

According to Kadzai, Christians have the right to self defence, especially where there is complacency or complicity on the part of security operatives or politicians.

The statement read in part, “Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai’s unfortunate condemnation of the CAN President statement over the cleansing of Christians further exposes the Governor’s lack of coming to terms with realities for political reasons.

“We shall no longer tolerate the disrespect for the office and person of the CAN President, Dr. Samson Supo Ayokunle, especially the statements attributed to Kaduna State Governor and other Nigerians.

“We Christian Youths of Nigeria stand firm and support the position of the CAN President, after C.A.N National Executive Committee meeting with Southern Kaduna Christian community Leaders in Abuja,on Save our soul visit to CAN over the targeted cleansing of Christians.

“The Kaduna Governor Malam Nasir El-Rufai instead of seeking the collaboration of CAN through strategic prayers and consultations to end the senseless killings, had debunked the statement of the CAN President and attributed the killings of Christians in southern Kaduna communities to bandits, claiming, “The same Fulanis are killing Fulanis in Zamfara State.”

“The Christian Youths totally disagree with the claims of the Kaduna Governor that, the attackers who “organised themselves and came back for revenge….in southern Kaduna and Plateau state are from outside Nigeria” as untrue.

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“Whether the fulani terrorist are from Nigeria or not, we the Christian Youths agree that there is delibrate and calculated cleansing of Christians in Nigeria. Thus, we call on all Christians to resist.

“The initiative to compensate the Fulanis for their lost castles as well as placating them and sponsoring delegates to meet fulani leaders outside Nigeria amounts to playing to the gallery and smacks of sentiments without recourse to the Christians killed or the plight of their mourning families.

“It is the highest point of insensitivity to use state fund to pay and placate the aggressors/terrorists at the expense of the victims. In view of El-Rufai’s confession that the Fulani terrorists killing Christians are foreigners, we call on the Federal government to close the Northern Nigerian border between Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon and Benin Republic without delay. Kaduna State House of Assembly must impeach El-Rufai immediately for conniving with terrorists to kill Nigerians.

“Also,the rate of abduction and robbery are on the increase, thus further confirming the weak or compromised internal security apparatus.

“To say the least, our borders are not only porous and poorly manned, we are aware of the influx of infiltrators and collaborators of terrorist through Nigeria borders. It is evident that alliance over the years have been delibrately allowed into Nigeria to buffer up the population of one religion over the other for obvious reasons.

“In conclusion, we call on the Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai to respect the CAN President and know that Christians have the right to self defence, especially where there is complacency or complicity on the part of security operatives or politicians”, the statement stated.

 

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