CAN reacts to the b€ating d€ath of Bridget Patience in Kano, calls on Northern governors to stop the k!ll!ngs of Christians in the region

The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, have condemned the b€ating d€ath of 74 year old trader, Bridget Patience, by Islamic fanatics at Wambai market in Kano state on Thursday June 2nd and the attempted murd€r of a carpenter, Francis Emmanuel in Kaduna state by some irate Muslim youths who attacked him for eating while Muslims were fasting on June 7th.

The group made their stand on both issues known after a meeting of the Southern Nigeria Christian Elders’ Forum and the Christian Association of Nigeria, South-East zone, in Enugu state yesterday June 14th. In a statement signed by the the group’s chairman, Most Rev. David Eberechukwu, CAN gave a strong warning that such attacks should be stopped as nobody has the monopoly of vi0lence.

“How can Christians be treated like c0ws and g0ats in the Northern part of Nigeria with impunity while we claim that Nigeria is a secular state? This is a sign of total I$lam!zation of Nigeria, which is very dangerous to the corporate existence of the entity called Nigeria. The beh€ading of Mrs. Bridget in Kano and the murd€r attempt on Emmanuel in Kaduna should be the first and last of such because no one man or section has the monopoly of vi0lence and we must do everything to stop such from recuring. That every Nigerian has the right to live anywhere in this country and as well practise his religion in any part of the country.

That all the Muslims in the South should as a matter of urgency speak to their people in the Northern part to desist because if the k!ll!ngs continue, it will affect everybody both in the N0rth and in the S0uth.

If God has brought us together, then let us live in unity.”