There’ll be no Christians in Nigeria in next 25 years – NCEF warns
Forum, NCEF, being championed by a former Minister of Defence, Lt.
Gen. Theophilus Danjuma (retd.), and Solomon Asemota (SAN), has warned
that Christianity in Nigeria may cease to exist in 25 years from now.
Danjuma's group said that the present generation of Christians may be
the last set in Nigeria.
With this, NCEF demanded the restructuring of the Christian
Association of Nigeria, CAN, before the 2019 general elections.
They warned that if the current faulty structure would be carried into
2019, it might be too late to preserve Christianity in Nigeria.
The Secretary of NCEF, Bosun Emmanuel, expressed these fears in his
paper entitled, "Impact of lack of unity in CAN as threat to Christian
faith", delivered during the annual conference of Catholic Men's
Guild, held at the Catholic Church of Assumption, Ikoyi in Lagos.
According to them, the current administration of President Muhammadu
Buhari in Nigeria "is openly pursuing an anti-Christian agenda that
has resulted in countless murders of Christians all over the nation
and destruction of vulnerable Christian communities."
NCEF said, "Due to the inability of CAN to forge Christians into one
indivisible army of the Lord, the Church has been weakened and unable
to stand before its enemies. Realistically speaking, Christianity is
on the brink of extinction in Nigeria. The ascendancy of Sharia
ideology in Nigeria rings the death toll for the Nigerian Church.
"It is therefore imperative that CAN must be restructured, as a matter
of urgency, if Christianity is to survive. CAN belongs to every
Christian in Nigeria and there is nothing wrong with the association.
It is the management that should be revisited and restructured."
He added, "The Catholic Church should be prepared to return completely
into the fold of CAN and participate fully in providing leadership in
these troublous times. God warned in 2013 that we were not careful, in
30 to 40 years, Nigeria would be like Turkey.
"In 2018, we can say in 25 years from now, we are facing the risk of
being the last Christians in Nigeria. Therefore, Christians should be
in the frontline of defending democracy in Nigeria. The Church is the
bastion of democracy. A divided CAN cannot defend democracy and
promote justice, equity, and fairness. Consequently, Sharia will grow
stronger. As Sharia grows stronger, democracy will become weaker and
the Church will be emasculated out of existence.
"The current Federal Government in Nigeria is openly pursuing an
anti-Christian agenda that has resulted in countless murders of
Christians all over the nation and destruction of vulnerable Christian
communities. Just recently, Elder Statesman, Gen. T. Y. Danjuma raised
the alarm that Christians should take steps to defend themselves."
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