{"id":11112,"date":"2016-08-24T19:43:09","date_gmt":"2016-08-24T19:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=11112"},"modified":"2016-08-24T19:43:09","modified_gmt":"2016-08-24T19:43:09","slug":"religious-killings-fg-not-doing-enough-issues-statements-and-then-goes-to-sleep-can","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=11112","title":{"rendered":"Religious killings: FG not doing enough,  &#8220;issues statements and then goes to sleep\u201d &#8211; CAN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><code><script src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><br \/>\n <!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/code><\/p>\n<p><code><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=10027&amp;ad_type=59&amp;rl=180\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/code><\/p>\n<p><strong>The zonal chairman, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the north-west, Bishop David Bakare has said federal government is not doing enough to tackle the menace of religious killings in the country.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Addressing journalists in Kaduna on Wednesday, Bakare lamented that the northern part of the country in recent times had \u201cbecome killing fields where Christians are murdered without restraints\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The CAN chairman said government only issues\u00a0statements and then \u201cgoes to sleep\u201d,while nothing concrete is\u00a0done to stem the tide of attacks.<\/p>\n<p>He also said the inaction on government\u2019s part shows that the authorities at all levels have abdicated their responsibilities of securing lives, especially that of Christians in northern Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want a stage-by-stage report of what government and security agencies are doing about these killings because what we have had were statements of condemnation. We have not heard whether anybody had been arrested, prosecuted and jail. We have not heard whether government is still searching for them,\u201d he\u00a0said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen these killings happen, government will make statements and everybody goes to sleep! It doesn\u2019t give us assurance that anything is being done at all.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cArrests must be made, the perpetrators must be made to face the full weight of the law so that justice will be seen to have been done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While recounting recent killings in different parts of the north, Bakare said it was unacceptable and could not be \u201cthe Nigeria we long to see\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><br \/>\n <!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is the well-publicised hacking to death of a Redeemed pastor\u2019s wife in Kubwa, Abuja, an ECWA pastor who was murdered in Nasarawa state; just last Friday, a Redeemed pastor was shot in his farm by suspected Fulani herdsmen in Kafanchan, Kaduna state,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFew days ago in \u00a0Zamfara \u00a0State, a boy was accused of blasphemy and attacked. The incident led to the killing and burning of eight Christians in the state.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said if arrests are made by the government as regards religious killings, it would give assurance to the Christians in northern Nigeria that they are safe.<\/p>\n<p>TheCable<a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/CAN.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10013\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10013\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/CAN-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"CAN\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/CAN-300x180.jpg 300w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/CAN.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Alayo-2.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9619\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9619\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Alayo-2-300x250.jpg\" alt=\"Alayo 2\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Alayo-2-300x250.jpg 300w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Alayo-2.jpg 559w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><code><script src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><br \/>\n <!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/code><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=10027&amp;ad_type=59&amp;rl=180\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The zonal chairman, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the north-west, Bishop David Bakare has said federal government is not doing enough to tackle the menace of religious killings in the country. 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