Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, the President of the Christian Association Nigeria (CAN), has welcomed yesterday’s declaration of a state of emergency in three north east states, saying the action is in harmony with his association’s position that negotiation with terrorists will always end up a futile exercise.
Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, the President of the Christian Association Nigeria (CAN), has welcomed yesterday’s declaration of a state of emergency in three north east states, saying the action is in harmony with his association’s position that negotiation with terrorists will always end up a futile exercise.
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“We are being vindicated that no reasonable agreement can be reached with terrorists”, he said in a statement signed by Kenny Ashaka, his Special Assistant, Media and Public Affairs.
He praised President Goodluck Jonathan for not dissolving the existing political structures in the three states and for retaining the office of the governors, describing the decisions as signposts that the President is a democrat and is primarily concerned with the issue of human rights abuses and the need to secure the territorial integrity of Nigeria.
“While saying that the state of emergency declared in the three states is not unexpected, the CAN President called on the three governors to reciprocate the kind gesture by cooperating with those charged with the responsibility of bringing down the insurgency, just as he called on all Nigerians of goodwill, in and outside the three states, to join hands with the Federal Government in dealing with the Boko Haram issue,” the statement said.
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With the declaration of a state of emergency, Pastor Oritsejafor observed, the Amnesty Committee has become irrelevant and should now be dissolved.
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