The management of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), has
apparently had enough of the criticisms a former Minister of the
Federal Capital Territory, Nasir el-Rufai, has been throwing its way.
The body yesterday expressed its anger at el-Rufai and suggested that
the former minister go for psychiatric evaluaation as his sanity was
in question due to his recent attacks on Jesus Christ and the leadership
of Christians in Nigeria.
The association reportedly
said that el-Rufai must within seven days mention the name of the
person who bought a private jet for its President, Pastor Ayo
Oritsejafor, failure which the former minister’s “dirty life” would be
exposed by CAN.
The Head of TEKAN/ECWA Block in CAN, Rev. (Dr.) Emmanuel Dziggau; and
CAN’s National Director of Research, Planning and Strategy, Elder
Sunday Oibe in a statement released in Abuja said they were reacting to a
newspaper interview granted by the ex-FCT minister in which he abused
the President of CAN and his credibility.
The statement said, “We can no longer fold our hands and allow
Christian leaders to be abused by no person than el-Rufai. We can no
longer take it; enough is enough. Anytime he abuses Christian leaders
and Jesus Christ, we Christians will let him know that he has many
forces to contend with.”
“The fact that el-Rufai in his tweets abused our Lord and Saviour,
Jesus Christ, and Christians ignored him doesn’t give him the impetus to
make unguarded comments about Pastor Ayo (Oritsejafor) who is the
leader of Christians in Nigeria. As Christians, we respect other faith
and never have we abused the Sultan of Sokoto and President-General of
the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad
Abubakar 111, who is the leader of Muslims in Nigeria. The fact that
Christians are not violent doesn’t mean he should go far with his
utterances. He is not in a position to tell us who should be the leader
of Christians in Nigeria.”
CAN also reminded a former Head of State, General Muhammadu Buhari
(rtd) that his problem with the country was el-Rufai and not himself.
“It was this same el-Rufai that was abusing Buhari when he was in the
cabinet of ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo that is now fighting ex-Vice
President Atiku Abubakar and Obasanjo.
“We are giving el-Rufai seven days ultimatum to inform Nigerians and
the world the person he claims to know that gave Pastor Ayo his private
Jet. If he fails to do that, we will open up on him and his dirty life.
El-Rufai stinks to the highest heaven. He is morally depraved and lacks
credibility.”
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