The Christian Association of Nigeria director of Legal and Public Affairs, Evang. Bar. Kwamkur Samuel in a statement sent to Daily Post on Monday, says the body is deeply saddened by the news of the release of the five suspects accused of killing a 74 year old Christian woman in Kano, Mrs Bridget Agbahime.
CAN says it is a highly provocative and insulting act on the country’s collective sensitivities as a democratic nation if the newspapers reports are correct.
The body says it “condemns the continuous act of killing of innocent Nigerians under the pretence of blasphemy and considers the willful absence of justice for victims of these mindless killings in Nigeria by the relevant authorities as a very serious constitutional breach and security threat to our unity and collective survival as a nation.
“The now-familiar tradition of avoidance to arrest or properly investigate and prosecute cases involving the deliberate killing of innocent Nigerians is evidence of a scripted plan to operate another nation within the Nigerian state and to deny justice to those who truly deserve justice.
“The cardinal responsibility of Government to protect the lives and property of the citizens is sacrosanct and must not be sacrificed on the altar of religious convenience.
“As it stands today, there is no single prosecution record of any criminal who killed under the pretence of blasphemy in Nigeria despite the number of victims and incontrovertible facts showing that those killings were done in daylight and mostly by persons who live within the communities where these heinous crimes were committed.”
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