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Alleged blasphemy: CAN President leads Christians to peaceful protest in Ibadan

  President of the Christians Association of Nigeria, Pastor Olasupo Ayokunle on Sunday led a group of Christian faithful in Ibadan to stage a peaceful protest demanding that the perpetrators of the…

 

CAN president addressing newsmen during protest

President of the Christians Association of Nigeria, Pastor Olasupo Ayokunle on Sunday led a group of Christian faithful in Ibadan to stage a peaceful protest demanding that the perpetrators of the alleged killing of Deborah Yakubu in Sokoto state be brought to book.

They are also demanding that other Nigerians who have lost their lives due to religious intolerance be given justice.

The protesters who occupied the premises of the Oritamefa Baptist church in Ibadan carried placards of various inscriptions demanding that justice be served accordingly to Deborah and those who have been killed unjustly

Speaking to newsmen at the protest, Pastor Ayokunle said the Federal Government should allow the supremacy of the constitution, as no religious groups should be allow to take laws into their hands.

According to him, there must be justice for those whose lives have been unduly terminated and their dreams persisted.

He urged Christians across the country to maintain peaceful coexistence with one another regardless of their religious affiliations.

Deborah Samuel, a student of a College of Education in Sokoto State, was stoned to death by some of her colleagues over an alleged blasphemous post on their WhatsApp group.

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Published May 22, 2022
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