The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has cautioned the federal government against any form of clampdown on EndSARS promoters.
The CAN gave the charge amid reports of freezing the accounts of some Nigerians involved in the recent End SARS protest across the country.
However, speaking on the development, CAN said freezing of accounts, shooting and arresting of #EndSARS promoters would never provide the country the solution to the problem.
The national vice president of CAN, Dr. Joseph Alima, gave this warning in Enugu while inaugurating the new CAN executives in Enugu state.
Alima stated that Nigeria would only be saved by God’s intervention and urged Christians across the country to move away from formalised religion to a heart religion to salvage the nation from ‘disastrous situations.’
He pointed out that Christians are the salt and light of the nation and should lead the fight against evil in the land.
“We cannot surmount all these challenges without God. That is why I said there must be God’s intervention to save the country and the Church is said to be the salt and light of the nation. The church has to solicit for God’s intervention and he can’t look away from that.
“The church has been given the authority to fight and if it does not do that, we won’t have a solution.”
That is why we are warning against clampdown on EndSARS promoters. Government can freeze people’s accounts, lock and shoot people, but that can’t be the solution.”
Those inaugurated include: Emmanuel Edeh, chairman, Most Rev. Dr, Ernest Obodo, vice chairman, Barr. Onuora Okeke, secretary, Ven. Jonathan Agbo, assistant secretary, Rev. Peter Ibe, treasurer, Bishop Joseph Ajujungwa, director of ecumenism, Ezinwa Paul Ogugua, legal adviser, among others.
