The Christian Association of Nigeria has commended the President of the United States of America, Donald Trump, for condemning the killing of Christians in Nigeria.
During a joint press conference with President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, Trump said the “killing of Christians in Nigeria is unacceptable” to the American government.
CAN, in a statement issued by its spokesman, Pastor Bayo Oladeji, noted that Trump told Buhari the right thing to do.
He, however, said if Buhari does not sit up and protect Christians, the latter will defend themselves.
Oladeji said: “We are happy that President Trump has told President Buhari the right thing to do. We hope and believe President Buhari would do the right thing and sit up. He has to sit up.
“Every time we tell them Christians are being killed, they don’t want to listen, but that is the truth. If the President cannot protect Christians, we have two options, we fight back.
“The law of the land permits self-defence. Secondly, come 2019, we vote him out. If he says there is nothing Christians can do, let him dare us.”
Similarly, the Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership (CACOL) in a statement by its Director, Debo Adeniran, welcomed the assistance by the US in ending the killings and violence in the Middle Belt region through the provision of attack helicopters and other sophisticated weapons to Nigeria.
He said: “The present administration must make the most of that visit to the United States. One, the US has signified its desire to offer weaponised helicopters to us. That means that we have more replenished arsenals to deal with all the internal aggressions facing us.
“Also, that America has agreed to work with us to defeat Boko Haram and other criminals is a plus which the government must take a firm hold of.”
“We should also look inwards at our own security capacities.”