Jonathan should resign – Northern CAN
President Goodluck Jonathan
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Christians in the North have asked President Goodluck Jonathan to resign over his comment on Boko Haram.
Jonathan was quoted to have said he could not crush the Islamic sect
because “they are our siblings and you cannot set the army to wipe out
your family”.
In a statement by its spokesman, Mr. Sunday Oibe, the Northern
Christian Association of Nigeria said the comments credited to Jonathan
was an indication that the country was in a helpless situation as the
President “does not seem to understand the aim of the sect to
destabilise his administration.”
According to the CAN, it is shocking for the President to say he
will not deploy the military to deal with terrorist who have been
killing other Nigerians and threatening the corporate existence of the
country.
The body argued that it was clear that the President has been
shielding the group at the expense of the lives of innocent people,
urging Nigerians to have a rethink on the type of president that is
governing the country at the moment.
The statement read in part, “What he is telling us now is that there
is nothing he can do about it, but we know that the Federal Government
has the capacity to stop the madness being unleashed on Nigerians.
However, it is now obvious that the President will rather shield
criminals.
“Every Nigerian can recall how former President Olusegun Obasanjo
reacted when the Niger Delta militants attacked soldiers in Udi. Even
though the militants were asking for their legitimate right, Obasanjo
dealt with them squarely for resorting to criminality in agitating for
their right. No country in the world will allow its soldiers, trained to
defend the territorial integrity of the nation to be killed by a gang
of criminals and get away with it.
“Nigerians can also recall that in Zaki – Biam, Benue state, the
same Obasanjo as President sent troops to deal ruthlessly with the
people there for allegedly killing soldiers.
“Now on a daily basis soldiers, police and other security personnel
are being killed by Boko Haram members and the President has the
effrontery to tell us that these murderers are members of the family and
he cannot mobilise the army to deal with them.
“Jonathan has failed us Christians, he has failed Nigerians and he
should resign because by this statement, it is very clear that he is not
capable of handling the danger pose by the Boko Haram insurgency.”
Also, the Anglican Communion, Kaduna Diocese said illiteracy,
unemployment and poverty in the North were not responsible for various
crises in the region.
In a 10-point – communiqué issued at the end of the 1st session of
the 19th Synod of the Diocese and signed by the Diocesan Bishop, Rt. Rev
Josiah Idowu –Fearon, insisted that illiteracy, poverty and
unemployment were never the cause of the sundry crises in the region as
many were wont to believe.
