The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Kano State has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to ensure that perpetrators of the Southern Kaduna killings face the full wrath of the law.
Addressing reporters in Kano, as part of events to mark the Kano CAN Annual Week of Prayer, Chairman Bishop Ransom Bello, urged the President to raise a Presidential Investigative Panel to ascertain the cause of the crisis.
According to him, the war against corruption appeared lopsided, insisting there was a need to make it holistic.
He added that President Buhari “has failed to develop the political willpower to address the Southern Kaduna crisis appropriately; and failure to act properly in surmounting the restiveness will taint the Federal Government’s image”.
According to Bishop Bello, “the Southern Kaduna crisis is wrapped in religious and ethnic coloration, and I disagree with a Minister in President Buhari’s cabinet, who in his recent remarks, segregated the crisis from religious and ethnic incitements.
“The killings in Kaduna are carried out by Fulani herdsmen, we all know it. If it is not religious or tribal, what is it then? We are not honest; no one has been prosecuted, and we demand that in this case, President Buhari should tell Nigerians who are behind this dastardly act”.
He urged governments to adopt a detribalised approach in their bid to address issues bedeviling the country.
Bishop Bello, who lamented that Nigerians are undergoing excruciating economic pains, said the 2017 Prayer Week would seek divine intervention for the economy. He added that the prayer sessions, among others, will solicit supernatural shift in the economy.
The cleric noted that Christians resident in the state appreciate Governor Abdullahi Ganduje’s efforts at ensuring that peace continues in the state.
“We need peace in Kano, we have succeeded in having peace, we pray for it to continue and extend to all parts of the country,” Bello said.