CAN protests, prays against kidnapping, killings in Kaduna

HURIWA slams govt for failure to rescue 39 students

CHRISTIAN Association of Nigeria ( CAN) in Kaduna State has embarked on prayer and protest against kidnapping and other crimes by armed bandits across the country, saying that the government has failed in its constitutional duty to protect the citizens.

Kaduna CAN, led by the state chairman, Rev. Joseph Hayab, accused President Muhammadu Buhari and Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el- Rufai, of playing politics with the lives of Nigerians in the hands of the bandits. He urged the government to step up military actions to end terrorism in the country.

This was as Christians converged on the Albarka Fellowship Baptist Church, Kaduna, to denounce the handling of security by government, in the face of terrorism.

Addressing the gathering, Hayab said: “Our governor has failed us in the state for allowing kidnappers to abduct innocent citizens at will without any effort to rescue them.

“We still have 39 students in captivity for several weeks now. Just this weekend, eight members of the Redeemed Christian Church of God ( RCCG) were kidnapped and the kidnappers are demanding N50 million ransom. The government should wake up and save the lives of Nigerians.” H UMAN Rights Writers Association of Nigeria ( HURIWA) has stated that the inability or unwillingness to rescue the 39 Kaduna College students abducted by terrorists two weeks ago signposts imminent collapse of government.