From Fred Ezeh, Abuja, Gyang Bere, Jos, Rose Ejembi, Makurdi and Timothy Olanrewaju Maiduguri
Christians nationwide held a peaceful protest, yesterday, to register their displeasure with the gruesome murder of Deborah Samuel, 200 level student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto State and the maltreatment of faithful in the north.
The action was in compliance with the directive of the leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) that peaceful protests be held across the churches to raise global consciousness to the plight of Christians, especially in the north.
CAN President, Rev. Samson Olasupo, had in a statement last week, asked all CAN bloc leaders, zonal chairmen, state chairmen, local coordinators, denominational and church leaders to prepare their members for the protest.
He, however, demanded that it should not take place on the streets, but at CAN secretariats, and those without secretariats should use any church with big premises.
The protest, however, took different shapes and styles across different churches in Abuja. At Redeemed Christian Church of God, Wuse 2, Abuja, worshippers moved around the church premises with placards bearing different inscriptions. Unlike other places, they sealed their mouth which, perhaps, signified torture.
Olasupo had asked church leaders and their members to hold placards with some succinct messages like: “We demand justice for Deborah”, “No more killing in God’s name”, “Enough is enough”, “Police stop unprovoked killings in Nigeria”, “Christians are not second class citizens”, “Killers of Deborah must be prosecuted,” “We condemn religious killings,” “We say no to Islamic extremists.”
There was also total compliance at the All Christian Fellowship Mission, Maitama, Abuja as worshippers, led by the leaders held procession within the church premises.
The story was not different at the University Baptist Church, Gwagwalada, Abuja. The Pastor, Bayo Oladeji, told Daily Sun that 30 minutes was dedicated to the protest.
“We prayed for the church in Nigeria that is obviously under siege; we prayed for the soul of late Deborah and her family, and finally, we prayed for Nigeria,” he said.
At First Baptist Church, Garki, Abuja, worshippers observed the peaceful protest with placards bearing several inscriptions.
In Plateau State, Christians also joined in the protest. The protest was led by the state CAN chairman, Rev. Fr. Polycarp Lubo and had other church leaders in attendance. They converged at the CAN secretariat and urged Federal Government and security agencies to ensure those who perpetrated the act were fished out and prosecuted. They condemned the trend where some individuals were taking advantage of the social media to mobilise others to kill innocent persons. Lubo called on Nigerians to exhibit religious tolerance to ensure peace and national cohesion.
“It is pathetic that Deborah found herself in a situation where she could not help herself, she was stoned and burnt to death. Her death was uncalled for; it was barbaric and her death is condemnable.
“We are here to condemn this act in totality. As christians, we have been called not to kill nor shed blood because if we are to act the way these people acted, Nigeria will not be in peace and there will be no mutual co-existence among us but that is not our way of life as christians.”
Lubo lamented that a lot of Nigerians have taken the law into their hands, perpetrating evil against fellow citizens. He called on the Federal Government to ensure that laws governing the country were properly put to use to checkmate criminality.
He said no matter the gravity of the offence committed by Deborah, she did not deserve to be killed in that manner as it was against the doctrine of God Almighty.
During the protest, the women sang songs of praises and called on God’s intervention and vengeance for Deborah’s death. Prayers of comfort were also offered to her family and relations.
Enough is enough
Benue State chapter also complied with the national directive. During the rally held at the premises of NKST Church, Iyortyer in Makurdi, the association called on relevant authorities to ensure justice is served on all those who partook in the stoning and burning of Deborah.
Addressing faithful in Makurdi, the chairman, Rev. Akpen Leva, lamented the gruesome murder of the promising young girl positing that all Christian community in the country were curiously watching to see what would eventually happen in respect to her murder.
“Enough is enough of the killing of christians in Nigeria. Christians are not second class citizens in Nigeria and the church would no longer tolerate this mindless killings,” Leva stated.
He wondered why the arrest of some of the religious extremists degenerated into tension that led to violent protest that resulted in the destruction of worship centres in Sokoto and other parts of the country.
In Kaduna, shortly after the prayer session, CAN Vice Chairman, Rev. Father Chris Annger, blamed politicians and religious extremists for the attacks.
“A situation where individuals will take laws into their hands to waste life that’s given by God previously, is what the Kaduna State chapter of the CAN is gathered here to say it’s not acceptable; it’s not right and should be condemned by every right thinking Nigerians on the face of the Earth. That is why we are here.”
On the attack on a Catholic Church in Sokoto and the safety of Bishop Kukah, he said: “When we learnt that a Catholic church is attacked in Sokoto, it’s very clear that attack was on Bishop Matthew Kukah because he’s the one who’s like a voice to the voiceless in this country.
“He’s speaking truth to power everyday. So, that attack was directly or indirectly on him. So, people coming out to condemn him or his speech and things like that, probably, you will know that it’s something that has been conceived. It’s just given birth on account of this incident otherwise it is something that people have within themselves about Kukah because of the way and the manner he has been approaching issues in the country.
“So, the attack on the church was to a large extent an attack on Bishop Kukah. We are calling on the Nigeria government to charge those in charge of carrying guns or agencies responsible for taking care of us, to be up and doing and protect the life of Kukah and every believer as well as every Nigerian to be protected from this menace.
Anxiety in Borno over planned protests
Fear and anxiety gripped Maiduguri and some towns in Borno State over the weekend following plans by some youths to hold protests for and against the killing Deborah Samuel, following her gruesome murder for alleged blasphemy of Islam.
Daily Sun gathered that the planned protest by some youths on Saturday against Deborah’s murder was met by the announcement by another set of youths to stage a counter-protest.
Most residents feared the development could snowball into a conflict of bigger dimension in a state still battling to curtail 13 years of insurgency.
“There is actually fears in the city because of the plan to demonstrate and another plan to counter the demonstrate by youths,,” a source said.
Daily Sun went round the Maiduguri and reports that dozens of policemen and security personnel were seen patrolling, with some stationed in strategic places. Sunday services in most churches in the Maiduguri metropolis were also held under security watch.
Last week, a reply to a comment on the alleged Deborah’s blasphemy on Facebook by a lady in Maiduguri, had ignited anger in some youths as someone volunteered information about her location in the city. Security, acting on tip off quickly evacuated her and the family to a safer place.
Enough is enough of these killings of Chritians by our muslim compatriots since after the Amalgamation of 1914 by Lord Frederick John Dealtry Lugard.
For over a hundred year now the aliens Fulanis of the Caliphate of Sokoto and their Hausa/Kanuri muslim
willing -toos have consistently and continuously been
washing our earth,forests,mountains,rivers and streams
with the innocent blood of our Qua(Kwa)/Bantu people
during many of their jihadist campaigns against us native Nigerians
Below are some excerpts of such Jihads:
In 1922 and 1945 the Caliphate of Sokoto launched some mass slaughters of Southern Nigeria Pioneer Sojouners through out the North.
The then Sultan of Sokoto accused the Southerners of
proselytizing in his Sultanate with the White Christian
Missionaries.
In order to pacify the Sultan,our British Colonial Masters
had to draw a parallel to the Equator from east to west
across Makurdi City and designated north of that parallel as a no- go -area for Christian Missionary Activities in the North.
2. In 1953 during a Conference in Lagos for our Independence from Great Britain, the Northern delegates were booed and jeered at,because they refused to sign up for our Independenc from Britain.
On their return to the North,the Abokis launched a Jihad,
killing in their wake thousands of innocent Nyamiris
and other Nigerian children, men and women,who had
absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with the above Conference.
3.After our National Census Tally of 1965;the Sarduana
of Sokoto Alhaji Sir Ahmadu Bello arbitrarily put the population of the North at 50 millions.
That prompted the Sage,Chief Obafemi Awolowo to
wonder laudly,if the Sarduana had added the number of their Northern cattle to the population of the North?
That innocuous comment by the Sage, so provoked
the Sarduana of Sokoto that his barbaric, bellicose and murderous Fulanis subjects and their Hausa/Kanuri muslim mongrels promptly launched a Jihad,killing as usual Southerners and the ubiquitous Nyamiris (Igbos) bore the brunts of it all by losing their lives and property.
Nigeria We Hail Thee. Lol!
As usual our British masters did intervene by ending
the Jihad and did put our population at 56 millions.
But up till today our Hausa/Fulani/Kanuri muslim
compatriots have continuously been manipulating the
population of the North to their own advantage.
4. Well,the 15th Januray 1966 Coup and the counter Coup ,so called ,”July Rematch did lead to pogroms
against us Ndigbo,Secession of our Sovereign
Christian Republic of Biafra and subsequentily to the Biafran – Nigerian War of 1967 to 1970.
The Abokis did then slaughter millions of Christian Igbos.
5.The declaration of Nigeria as an Islamic State by
the Fulani/Gwari mongrel,Mallam Ibrahim Badamasi
Babangida (IBB),who registered us with OIC was also
followed by the launching of the Maitatsine Jihadist
Campaign of the 1980s to early 1990s led by Imam
Musa Makaniki aimed at intimidating Christians
through pogroms and utter destructions of their
human efforts.
5.Since the turn of this 21st century ,we Christian have
been confronted with the Boko Haram Jihadist Killer
Squads.
It was at the behest of Major General (Retd) Muhammadu Buhari, that the Sharia State Governors
went out their ways into recruiting,nurturing and sirring
their various groups of Boko Haram as the custodians
of Sharia-jurisprudence in their various States.
After almost 2 decades,the Boko Haram Jihadist,whose members are Fulanis and their Hausa/Kanuri muslim mongrels, have killed over half a million innocent Christian Nigerians ,cleansed over 3 Million native Nigerians into IDP and Refugee Camps and destroyed
hundres of our Christian places of worship.
They are being pampered today by the Fulani power- that – be, under our Fulani President,Mallam Buhari.
6.As soon as President Buhari did take over the Presidency in 2015,he placed the Nigerian Army and
the Police under a standing oder to offer logistics to
his MACBAN’s Killer Fulani Herdsmen in their gobbledygook right of passage all over the country.
But in reality,what the President,his cahoots and cohorts do refer to as merely Farmers/Herders Clashes,
are indeed Futahat Campaign of pogroms and ethnic
cleansings of native Christian Nigerians from their fucking ancestral lands.
In 2018,2019 and 2020 the MACBAN’s Killer Fulani
Herdsmen did kill more innocent Nigerians than the
Jihadist Killer squads;the Ansaru,Boko Haram and the
ISWAP did together kill in the same period of time.
But the killer Fulani Herdmen are neither proscribed nor
designated as a Terrorist Group, because President Buhari is the Grand Patron of the MACBAN Sheikhs and their Killer Fulani Herdsmen.
It is indeed very alarming that there is no corporate
response whatsoever, from our Lawmakers over this
recent barbaric and inhuman killing of Miss Deborah
Samuel by those hordes of muslim eggs of treacheries
and Islamic extremists.
But these Fulanis are nomore Nigerians than the Afrikaans (Boers) are south Africans.
Aren’t these alien Fulanis and their fucking Calipahte of
Sokoto overstaying their welcome here in our Qua(Kwa)/Bantu fatherland?
The occassion does indeed call for the application of
of the late Major Gideon Orka’s Option.
Enough is indeed enough ojare!
Nigeria We Hail Thee.Lol!!