The President of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev. Samson Ayokunle says the Christian community in Nigeria would sustain nationwide protest against the growing killings across the country by suspected herdsmen. He gave the warning on Saturday while speaking to Punch on the success of the nationwide protest held last week across churches in Nigeria. He also hailed the media for being transparent in the coverage of the exercise.
He explained that the protest took place at the various church premises in order to forestall possible hijack by hoodlums.
“This government should expect more protests from CAN for as long as the killings of innocent souls continue in this country.
“There are some other people who will still protest this Sunday (today) because the information got to them late; so, they could not observe it last Sunday. We have told them it must be peaceful and within their communities.
“Our concern now is that it appears as if the insurgents, herdsmen and so on appear to be better trained than our own security agencies.
“Why should the killers continue to beat the intelligence of our security agencies? How are they succeeding in attacking soft targets all over Nigeria and the security agencies cannot outsmart them? Why has it been impossible for them to arrest them?” Oyekunle queried.