You keep favouring North, Muslims, your Islamic agenda clear – CAN carpets Buhari

The leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has
accused President Muhammadu Buhari of projecting an Islamic agenda.

The body said the President has made three key appointments in the
last few days, but that none is from the South or a Christian.

Buhari recently appointed Yusuf Magaji Bichi, a Muslim, from Kano
State to replace Matthew Seiyefa, a Christian from Bayelsa who had
been operating in an acting capacity since Lawal Daura was sacked.

Mr Abbas Umar Masanawa was also named the Managing Director of the
Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Company, just as Hajiya Zainab
Ahmed was appointed the acting Finance Minister to replace Mrs Kemi
Adeosun who resigned.

CAN spokesman, Bayo Oladeji, in a statement on Monday alleged that the
marginalisation of the Christians is deliberate to heighten the
tension in the land for whatever reasons.

He said: "CAN notes with disappointments, shocks and surprises that
despite our appeal to President Buhari to break the domination of the
country' security council by people of the same religion and language
in a multi-religious and multi-ethnic groups that make up Nigeria, he
still derives pleasure in turning a deaf ear to the Voice of Wisdom
and Reason as manifested in the three appointments.

"The President, who at his inauguration three years ago promised to be
fair to all, has been consistently and persistently discriminating
against Christians and Southerners in all his appointments and
policies.

"CAN is also disappointed with the justification of the illegalities
being perpetrated by Buhari in the lopsided appointments by the
Presidency including a handful Christians in his government who are
doing so primarily to keep their jobs, at the expense of the majority.

"For anyone to be asking all well-meaning Nigerians, including some
media houses, to stop complaining of the lopsided appointments in the
security apparatus of the country is reprehensible, insensitive, and
wicked.

"Perhaps, if there was no undeclared systematic ethnic cleansing and
genocide in the predominantly Christian communities in the country, as
rightly observed by the likes of Prof Wole Soyinka and General T. Y.
Danjuma of recent, we would have turned a blind eye to the unlawful
action of the President.

"The notorious Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria
(MACBAN) has been threatening those who condemn their nefarious
activities in the Middle belt where thousands of our members are being
killed with impunity, yet the association that has a lot of things in
common with terrorist organisations are not only being treated with
kid gloves by the security agencies, but their aggressive attacks on
the innocent people are being justified by the President, the Defence
Minister, the Minister of Interior, the Minister of Information and
the Inspector General of Police.

"The Boko Haram Islamic terrorist organisation has not ceased
attacking and killing our people, they are abducting our members on a
daily basis and despite all our hues and cries, the Federal Government
and the security agencies have refused to liberate Leah Sharibu and
others in the enclave of this blood-sucking terrorist group because of
their faith.

"CAN is fully persuaded beyond any reasonable doubt that it is the
lopsided appointments in the security agencies that is largely
responsible why Christians have become endangered species in their
Fatherland under the leadership of Buhari.
CAN also wishes to observe that the lopsided appointments is a
hallmark of the Federal Government in other key ministries like
Interior, Defence, Education and Information.

"We challenge the Federal Ministry of Information and the Presidency
to contradict this fact with evidences by publishing names of all
heads of the parastatals and agencies including their states of
origins and religions.

"These are all parts of the gradual and subtle islamisation agenda,
but we are sad that those who are benefitting from the existing order,
Christians inclusive, have been dismissing this alert with a wave of
hands."