Governor
Nasir El-Rufai has been accused of shielding Fulani herdsmen who have
been killing innocent Christians in Southern Kaduna.
Apostle Johnson Suleman
The General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministry, Apostle Johnson
Suleman has said that Kaduna state Governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai knows
the Fulani herdsmen killing innocent Christians in Kaduna State.
Suleman said the Governor should answer questions after El-Rufai
confessed that he paid the herdsmen to stop killing Christians in the
state. Suleman insisted that El-Rufai must therefore be made to produce
them to answer to crimes of murder and other crimes.
Suleman had also asked the Federal Government to compel Governor
El-Rufai to produce the Fulani herdsmen so as to disabuse the minds of
Nigerians that Christians are not the target of President Muhammadu’s
administration.
He said that failure to compel El-Rufai to produce the herdsmen who
purportedly collected money from the Kaduna State Government is an
indication of the insincerity of the Buhari administration.
“The Governor of Kaduna State confessed that he paid money to
some Fulani herdsmen as compensation to stop the killings in Southern
Kaduna.
“That means he knows those who have committed atrocities
against Christians. He must be made to produce them to answer to charges
of murder and other crimes,” the Apostle said.
While Suleman was invited by the Department of State Security
Services over his utterance in which he asked his members to defend
themselves, El-Rufai is allowed to walk around after he reportedly paid
the killer herdsmen.
However, Some Christian youths under the aegis of Christian Youths
Project have condemned the invitation to the Apostle by the Department
of State Services(DSS). The Christian youths said that the utterance of
the Pastor on the pulpit should not warrant any arrest, adding that
there was no need to misconstrue the statement of the Apostle.
The National President of the Project, Mr Pepple Ibiwari-Junior,
made the call in a press briefing on Monday in Port Harcourt. He noted
that the utterance of the man of God was a wakeup call on Christians to
be on the alert in case of any possible attack.
He advised the relevant authorities not to ridicule or cause any
public embarrassment to the clergy held in high esteem by members of
the public.
“We strongly and unequivocally condemn in totality the ridicule
and public embarrassment of Apostle Suleman Johnson by the DSS,” he added.
Ibiwari-Junior urged the DSS not to treat the Apostle as a common
criminal but to accord him some respect. He said that religious matters
were of delicate nature and as such should be treated with caution to
avoid misrepresentation of facts.
The president stressed that his members condemned the continued killing of Christians .
Ibiwari-Junior called on Christians to be vigilant and to be
security conscious always to avoid being victims of religious killings
and other forms of attack.
“The gospel of Jesus Christ advocates love and peace and not
violence, Christian youths do not subscribe to violence or killings
under any guise.
“While we appreciate the DSS and other security agencies in
ensuring peace and security in Nigeria, we call for an intensified
effort to put a final stop to the killings of innocent Christians by
Fulani herdsmen, ‘’ he said.
The president urged the authorities to arrest and prosecute those
responsible for the killing of innocent Christians in the north and in
other parts of the nation.
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