BY TONY EDIKE
ENUGU – AS the attacks on churches and killing of Christians by the Islamic sect, Boko Haram, in the Northern parts of the country continued last Sunday, the South East Chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, yesterday, declared its readiness to retaliate the killings and defend its members by waging a counter war using Ogbunigwe, the locally-made bombs launched by Biafran soldiers during the civil war.
Chairman of the association in the zone and Anglican Bishop of Enugu, Rev. Emmanuel Chukwuma, at a briefing on the deteriorating security situation in the country, expressed anger over the continued killings of innocent Christians in the North.
He said though Christians had continued to appeal for peace, “ it seems that the present security in Nigeria cannot contain this carnage.”
According to Bishop Chukwuma, leaders of CAN were now convinced that Boko Haram had set out to eliminate Christians in the North, warning that Christians would no longer keep quiet.
He expressed regrets that CAN’s appeals to Christians to remain calm and peaceful in the face of the deadly attacks by Boko Haram, had been taken for weakness, saying this informed the resolve to declare their readiness to retaliate.
“The ceaseless bombings of churches and killings of innocent Christians would not be tolerated by Christians henceforth. It was very unfortunate and embarrassing to have heard about the suicide bombing by Boko Haram in some Christian churches on Sunday, this has become a recurrence.
“We condemn this act by Boko Haram which has militated against Christian security in their worship every Sunday; we are moved to give this warning to the Federal Government and muslim leaders to check their subordinates because if this should continue, we as christian leaders will have no option than to begin retaliation on Mosques and palaces of Emirs,” the South East CAN leader said.
He warned that the continued act of bombing by Boko Haram was capable of causing another civil war in the country, “because the Biafran War was not as severe as this and we are ready for it.”
“For me as the South East chairman of CAN, I am ready to lead people with Ogbunigwe (locally-made bombs used by Biafra during the war) to defend our people, and this Ogbunigwe will be more severe than Boko Haram Bombs; if they don’t stop further attacks on Christians and our people in the North,” the Enugu Anglican Bishop further threatened.
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