BY AMOS DUNIA, ABUJA – The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), on Friday renewed its call on President Muhammadu Buhari and solicited passionately for deliberate and relentless effort to free Leah Sharibu and other Chibok girls from captivity.
This is just as CAN stressed that the unnecessary killings in Kaduna and the detention of some leaders of Adara Chiefdom in Kaduna State since January 2019 should be addressed without delay to douse all tensions.
President of CAN, Rev. Dr. Samson Olasupo A. Ayokunle, who made these passionate appeals when he led other officials of the umbrella body of Christians in Nigeria on a visit to President Buhari, stressed that doing all within the powers of the President to free Leah Sharibu and according it top priority, shall confer greater credibility on his government and on his person.
According to Rev Ayokunle; “Each passing day inflicts anguish in the hearts of the parents of this young girl (Leah), the rest of us who are parents, all Nigerians and others all over the world who love freedom and regret that Leah’s life is being wasted in captivity for no sin of hers other than for her religion.
“Please and please, Mr. President, let Leah Sharibu and those in captivity of insurgents be freed to enjoy their lives.”
He added; “Additionally sir, while we are thanking you for all your efforts at putting an end to bloodshed in the nation, we urge you to task the security agents to be more alive to their responsibilities by putting an end to insurgency, ethnic violence, kidnapping and herdsmen’s atrocities prevalent in our nation.
“Today, the Northwest of Nigeria which used to be peaceful is also witnessing violent activities. All efforts today by all of us should be geared towards forgiving one another and reconciling with one another,” he emphasized.
The CAN national leadership wish President Buhari greater strides in his governance of the nation and pray that there would be peace and prosperity in the land.
