Stop turning Christians against Buhari – Arewa pastors warn CAN

The Arewa Pastors Non-Denominational for Peace (APNIP) have warned the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) over attacks on President Muhammadu Buhari.

The national chairman of the Arewa pastors, John Abu Richard, who made the call during a press briefing on Friday, called on CAN to apologise immediately to the president over the unwarranted attacks.

Business Hallmark gathered that he advised the leadership of the CAN to apologise to the President Buhari or resign from their current positions. “We caution CAN leadership to immediately apologise to the Nigerian Christians for going against the objectives that form the association and should resign from their positions for allowing themselves to be used by some certain quarters of politicians to heat up the polity. “CAN leadership now instigates the Nigerian Christians to hate President Muhammadu Buhari, build tensions and are trying to divide the country along religious lines and if possible cause religious war,” he said.

He noted that CAN leadership has dabbled into high sensitive national security issues that could set the entire country on fire, adding that “as clergymen, we are charged by our Holy Book to pray for our leaders irrespective of tribe and religion.” He said the agenda of CAN is to discredit the government of President Buhari and turn the mind of Nigerians against the government.