Nigeria (Northern CAN) yesterday warned emirs to stop
forceful marriages of Christian minors in their domain and
also facilitate the release of those in captivity. New
Chairman of the Northern CAN, Rev. Yakubu Pam, gave the
warning shortly after his election in Kaduna at the weekend.
CAN also faulted Nigeria ''s membership of the Coalition of
Islamic Countries against terrorism. Its members said they
needed to be assured by the government that innocent
Nigerian Christians would not be victims in the event that
ISIS terrorist attacked Nigeria for being member. ""Does
Nigeria have the capacity to fight back like other members,""
they asked.
Pam took over from Archbishop Peter Jatau as the new
chairman of the 40 years association. Speaking with
journalists at a press conference, the new chairman said it
was the belief of the leadership that it was high time
traditional rulers and emirs in the region, especially, those
that harbour Christian minors in their palaces stopped the
untoward practice. Pam also charged security operatives to
live up to their expectation of protecting lives and property
of Christians in the North.
The new chairman also said the leadership of the church
expressed concern at the killings in parts of Nasarawa,
Benue and other Christian areas in the region. Northern
Christians, he said, called on states and federal government
to be proactive in tackling those crises. Pam said: ""Another
issue that came up for deliberation today is the kidnapping
of our daughters. Historically, the issue has been on ground.
We have suffered with this here in the North. ""The church is
really concerned and we are pleading with the government if
they can put every leadership on alert, particularly, our
traditional leaders and security agencies so that they can
control such an ugly issue that has been taken place here in
the North. ""These are the two things that we really
discussed and people were really happy with the new
executive of the association.
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