CAN In Nassarawa Accuse Fulani herdsmen over gruesome killing of ECWA pastor

 

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Nasarawa State, has raised alarm over the gruesome killing of Reverend Joseph Kura, the Overseer of Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA), in Obi.

 The chairman, Bishop (Dr.) Joseph Masin hinted this during a press briefing held at CAN secretariat. The chairman revealed that late Rev. Kura was murdered by people identified to be fulani herders when he was in the bush gathering timber to re-roof his church building. CAN described the brutal and babaric manner Rev. Kura was killed as worrisome, adding that his assailants cut off his two hands and watched him bleed to death. The church expressed concern over the wave of continued attacks and killings of its members on their farms, saying the attacks and killings have taken another dimension with the elimination of the clergyman. He lamented that the act portrayed the state in a bad light when the christian bodies are yearning and praying for moral rebirth and national transformation. “The state has undergone huge spate of attacks and killings especially in christian dominated communities. Our members cannot go back to their farms or homes, adding that two of their female fellowers were abducted and forced to convert to Islam and married without the consent of their parents. The secretariat listed Happiness Benjamin and Adoyi Benjamin as those forced to convert to islam as well foist to married without the consent of their parents. “If we said our members should defend themselves against any aggression we are not telling them to carry along deadly weapons, though self defence is allowed,” he said. The Association commended the state governor in his efforts to maintain peace, law and order, urging the state government to properly investigate the issue and bring the pepertrators of the killings to book. They also urged the state government to urgently permit and provide security to all IDP’s to enable them go back to their homes, urging the security agencies to be more proactive in quelling any gory situation.