CAN Insists On Compensation For Christian Victims Of Boko Haram Attacks

Started by TGD, May 10, 2013, 11:31 PM

TGD

 THE Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Adamawa State chapter has called on President Good luck Jonathan to set up another committee that can provide succour for the Christian victims of Boko Haram insurgency in the northern part of the country if government wants to grant amnesty to members of the religious sect.

"We salute the bold steps of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan for setting up a peace and amnesty committee to examine and possibly work out modalities of an amnesty for the Boko Haram sect.

"We pray and hope that the amnesty proposed will be broad based, taking into serious consideration the dire plight of the numerous Christian families who have borne the greater proportion of the scourge of the Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria," CAN noted.

The chairman of CAN in the state, Reverend Father Moses Taparki told journalists yesterday in Yola at a press conference that the proposed amnesty for the Boko Haram sect will be an exercise in futility and a wasted venture if government fails to provide succour to the Christian victims of the religious sect.

Taparki maintained that since government had set up a committee with Moslems only as members for the proposed amnesty to Boko Haram, the presidency should also set up another committee with only Christians as members for succour to Christian victims of the Boko Haram insurgency in the north.

"If government wants to reward those that killed innocent citizens, there is no sense or justification to why the victims of the Boko Haram cannot be compensated. The Christian victims should be the first to benefit from any form of compensation if government is serious about the Boko Haram amnesty or it will be an exercise in futility," he stated.

Taparki, who said that Christians are the main target of Boko Haram attacks, urged government to change its style of leadership and be pro-active to issues that negatively affect the lives of Nigerians.

He pointed out that Christians were running out of patient, as the religious sect called Boko Haram continues its bloody attacks on churches, killing hundreds of Christians in the north.    "There are more victims of Boko Haram insurgency than those carrying out the evil attacks. So government should address the problems of the widows, orphans and widowers created by Boko Haram attacks before it can think of amnesty to the blood testy gang," he maintained.



The Guardian


Folami David

The compensation of families is not the issue. How such occurences would not repeat itself should be our utmost priority now.

Folami David