DSS and Other Security Agencies Asked To Stop Harassing Unarmed Citizens
Abuja: Christian youths across the nation, in a peaceful solidarity meeting, yesterday, at the Ecumenical Centre in Abuja, called on the DSS and other security agencies to stop harassing unarmed citizens and deploy their energy to curb violent attacks by Fulani terrorists on Nigerians.
Addressing newsmen after the meeting, the President of the youth wing of CAN, Engr. Daniel Kadzai, who decried several cases of harassments of clergies by security agents, said the move would not do any good other than plunging the country into anarchy.
His words: “It is sad, unfortunate and regrettable that law enforcement officers have taken to harassing and embarrassing Christian clergies in recent time.
The harassment of two catholic priests by military men under one Captain Musa in Michika Local Government of Adamawa State and the assault on Pastor Alex Ocheinu of RCCG in Lide Camp Abuja, who was resuscitated at Gwarimpa Hospital is unacceptable.
“The attempted arrest of Apostle Johnson Suleiman by DSS Personnel over an alleged public incitement is not only false but used as a premeditated tool to achieve a long time ambition. We also insist that government has no business in regulating tenure or position of Christian churches or ecclesiastical matters.
Under whatever guise, the church has its distinct peculiarities and leadership structures.” Kadzai also described the silence and timidity of Christians in government as not only a betrayal of Christians but also the betrayal of the Nigerian people.
‘’ For their failure to stand up for social justice, the rule of law and good governance, posterity will count against them and we will direct our leadership at various levels to vote them out in the 2019 elections.”
