The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) denounced the barbaric murder of Deborah Samuel, a Christian student at Shehu Shagari College of Education in Sokoto, by some extremist classmates on Friday.
Deborah, a young girl, was lynched and set flames by her Muslim coworkers for allegedly disrespecting Islam’s Prophet Muhammad, according to Anaedoonline.ng.
Deborah had been dragged out of her hostel by an enraged crowd, who then beat her to death and burned her body on fire.
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In a statement to Newsmen signed by CAN’s General Secretary, Joseph Bade Daramola, the association stated that the perpetrators’ unlawful and dastardly actions must not only be condemned by all right thinking people, but that security operatives must also fish them out and prosecute them as expected.
The inability of security services and governments to respond to such crimes in the past, according to CAN, is what gave rise to terrorists and bandits.
It was emphasized that as long as the government fails to bring these creatures and criminals to justice, society would continue to be their killing grounds.
CAN applauded the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III, for his rapid response, which not only denounced the illegal and religiously intolerant behavior, but also called on security authorities to bring the culprits to justice.
The organization asked Sokoto State Governor Aminu Tambuwal to ensure that the situation is not pushed under the rug as it was previously.
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CAN said: “We also call on all teachers and preachers of religious intolerance, extremism and terrorism to repent before the wrath of God descends on them if the State failed to bring them to book. They are agents of death amidst us.
“We recall the provocative and demeaning advertisement of the Sterling Bank where the bank compared the Resurrection of Jesus Christ to “Agege bread”, up till now, nobody was attacked and even the CAN leadership has accepted the apology tendered by its Chief Executive, Abubakar Suleiman. Killing for any God in the name of blasphemy is ungodly, satanic, foolish, reprehensible and totally unacceptable. This is not a Stone Age and Nigeria is not a Banana Republic. Nigeria remains a non-religious State where no religion is supreme to the other.
“We acknowledge and commend the restraint of the Christian students of the College who refused to embrace self-help and reprisal attacks on those who murdered their colleague. It is our prayers that those vampires in religious garments will not push the country to a religious war.
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“This is why both the government and the security agencies must stop treating them with kid gloves. Enough is enough.”
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