By Musa Odoshimokhe
The National Inter-Faith and Religious Organisation for Peace (NIFROP) has expressed gratitude to God over failed explosion attempt at Living Faith Church, Kaduna.
In a statement, NIFROP Coordinating Secretary Rev. Jeremiah Abutu condemned the incident, noting it would have led to national mourning and fingers pointed at wrong quarters
He said the lone bomber was spotted by the Close Circuit Camera Television (CCTV) of the church and handed over to the police at the Sabon Tasha Divisional Police Station.
He added that NIFROP which recently commissioned a 21-day fasting and prayer for the nation’s peaceful coexistence, noted that the curtailing of the incident is an evidence that God’s prayer was answered.
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According to him, the nation is indeed on the path to greatness owing to the fact that President Muhammadu Buhari is God’s anointed choice.
“We are constrained to call this press conference to put issues in proper perspective concerning the unfortunate incident that was recorded in Kaduna state, where a supposed Christian faithful and former member of a Church attempted to detonate an improvised explosive device in a Church with over 1000 worshipers during a Sunday service.
“This act is despicable as well as condemnable in the light that had the mission been successful; Nigeria would have been thrown into mourning of phenomenal proportion, and accusing fingers would have been pointed in the wrong direction, which would further heighten religious hostilities in the country. We thank God.
“We are gathered here to thank God for averting such national tragedy and to state that God indeed has vindicated us as our prayers and supplication for God to continue to expose the forces of darkness that have plotted to cause a crisis in the country.
“As an organisation, we have consistently stated in numerous forums that no religion encourages violence and no religion encourages the taking of lives under whatever guise, and this is one of the victories that God is giving to the Church in the sense that united we can always defeat the forces of darkness that have conspired to destabilize Nigeria.”
Abutu said the country must avoid utterance and act capable of dividing it along religious lines, stressing that issues of criminality don’t have borders.
“We must state that the more significant problem is not this despicable act of attempting to bomb a Church, but the fact that most religious leaders in the country are not sincere enough to condemn this act because Nathaniel Samuel is a Christian.
“They have elected to shy away from the bitter truth of condemning this act. However, instead they have chosen to play to the gallery and also attempt to shift blames all in a bid to change the narrative. “
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