The Arewa
Christians and Indigenous Pastors Association, ACIPA, has alleged that cabals
in President Muhammadu Buhari’s government are not happy with former Defence
minister, T.Y. Danjuma for urging Nigerians to defend themselves in the face of
attacks from armed bandits.
ACIPA claimed that
the former minister was at “risk” and may be “threatened” by the cabals for
opting to oppose the current government which they said has failed to protect
Nigerians.
In an Easter
message in Jos, Plateau State, ACIPA’s President, Rev. Luke Shehu said the call
for self-defence by Danjuma had “singled him out as the amiable hero of the
persecuted Christians, minorities and all Nigerians, and a voice of countless
Muslims.”
Expressing
concerns over the activities of violent herdsmen in the country, Shehu said
they have become more vicious under the Buhari government.
Shehu called on
the next administration to form a special border patrol force, made up of
trained patriotic Nigerians, adding that violent herdsmen should either “return
to the desert or stop their carnage.”
He also demanded
the immediate resignation or dismissal of all service chiefs, the
Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris; and the Minister of Interior,
Lt.-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazzau (retd.).
Shehu demanded
that a Christian president should be elected in 2019.
He said, “We are
not unaware of the imminent threat and risk such opposition to this government
and its cabals may attract to Gen. Danjuma and those of us who share his
position as we have since earlier posited. Particularly in the failure to
protect lives of Christians and Nigerians in general, we have lost confidence
and faith in this administration.”
Shehu noted that
Leah Sharibu of Government Science Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe State, who
was still in captivity after Boko Haram released some students it abducted,
remained a testimony of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ.
“Nigerians cannot
be fooled in a circus with the remaining Chibok girls. We also categorically
demand the immediate release of Leah Sharibu, whose boldness not to renounce
Christianity affirms the faith of Christians the world over and portrays our
steadfastness and freedom of choice of religion, rather than compulsion,” Shehu
stated.
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