The
Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has called on the Federal Government to
ignore calls for the arrest of former President Goodluck Jonathan.
The
association said the calls were coming from “mischievous Nigerians”, and were
aimed at throwing the country into “chaos”.
“Such
call will only set a wrong precedence in the political development of our dear
nation and open doors for mischievous people to set the country into
confusion,” CAN said in a statement signed by the association’s Public Relation
Officer in the 19 northern states and the FCT, Rev. Joseph Hayab.
CAN
said the call for the arrest was mainly designed to distract Nigerians from
asking for the dividend of democracy due to them based on the change they voted
for.
The
statement said Nigerians were suffering and urged the government to act
urgently.
“It
is our opinion that such action if taken, with the current economic realities,
will throw the country into chaos,’’ the statement said.
It
urged the government to resolve the lingering problem of insecurity, power
outage and fuel scarcity and other issues affecting the masses.
“The
popularity of the present administration in the country is rapidly diminishing
due to the prevailing problems of insecurity, power and fuel scarcity.
“What
Nigerians need urgently is availability of fuel, electricity, prompt salary,
security of lives and property, amongst other issues that are begging for
urgent answers.
“The
government should address the security threat posed by the spate of Fulani
herdsmen attacks in the country leading to the death of thousands of innocent
Nigerians.
“Government
must equally as a matter of urgency, arrest the acute shortage of power supply
that is crippling our economic activities,” it said.
-NAN
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