Imo Now Headquarters Of Crisis, Oddity, Insurgency In Nigeria—CAN

Ijeoma Okeke

The Christian Association of Nigeria, Imo State Chapter has called for an end to insurgency, says political class should stop fuelling crisis in the state.

The CAN chairman in the state, Rev. Divine Eches, made this known at a press conference in Owerri, the state capital

According to Divine, the rate of attacks and killings in the state was alarming and now affecting the well-being of the people.

Also condemning the the attack on the country home of the state governor, Hope Uzodinma, the Chairman said the state was fast becoming the “headquarters of crisis, oddity, and insurgency in Nigeria”.

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Divine said, “The Christian Association of Nigeria, Imo state chapter condemns these actions in their entirety. We condemn them in the very strongest terms and demand a stop.

“Our dear state has been in the news for the wrong reasons and this does not mean well for us as a people. If not checked, our state is fast becoming the headquarters of oddity and strange happenings and I appeal for a ceasefire.

“For a state like Imo, where almost everyone is a member of the church, there is a need for caution because like the saying goes, the danger of creating a monster is that one day it will turn against its master.

“The Christian Association of Nigeria, Imo State chapter calls for an end to insurgency, we say no to banditry, no to hooliganism, no to every form of lawlessness, we are not known for such.

“I call on the political class to stop fuelling crisis while they keep their family members outside the country. While the church is not taking sides, we call on all the gladiators to sheath their swords and give peace a chance.

“The sudden bloodshed will do us no good because the victims are our brothers and sisters. Let us live in love and harmony because like the proverbial saying one should not throw stones into the market because it may just hit your mother, sister, and or wife.”