THE Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has disagreed with the decision of the Federal Government to list Nigeria among Muslim nations that will be fighting terrorism.
They protested the development believing that this subtle attempt by the APC government to enlist Nigeria among Arab nations to fight the terrorist sect, ISIS could be taken as Buhari wanting to turn Nigeria into an Islamic state.
Saudi Arabia is building a coalition of 34 Muslim countries to fight terrorism and Nigeria has been named among these countries.
General Secretary of CAN, Rev. Musa Asake, in a statement said: “This singular gesture of the Buhari government betrays so much, and tends to confirm our fears that underneath everything this government is doing, there is an agenda with strong Islamic undertones, aimed at undermining Nigeria’s pluralistic character and neutrality regarding government’s affiliation to any one religion.”
“While joining hands with other countries to fight ISIS is something good, our country must not be tagged as a Muslim or Arab nation. Christians must make a public statement showing their discontent on this development which portends great danger to national unity and integration.”