The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has called for a nationwide peaceful protest over Thursday’s gruesome murder of Deborah Samuel in Sokoto State.

CAN’s General Secretary, Joseph Bade Daramola, on Saturday in a letter on Saturday said the peaceful protest would take place on Sunday 22 May.

The letter was addressed to all block leaders, zonal chairmen, state chairmen, local coordinators, denominational and church leaders.

“I have been directed by the CAN President, Dr. Samson Olasupo Ayokunle, to request all Church leaders, through your various churches to organize a peaceful protest in honour of one of our daughters, Deborah Yakubu who was gruesomely murdered on Thursday, 12 May, 2022 at the Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto in Sokoto State by some Islamic extremists.

“The protest will take place on 22 May, 2022 in the afternoon by 3:00 Pm in every Secretariat of the Christian Association of Nigeria nationwide and not on the streets in order to avoid further loss of lives. Those without CAN’s Secretariat may use any church with big premises.

“We are to hold placards with some succinct message like ‘we demand justice 4 Deborah’, ‘no more killing in God’s name’, ‘Enough is Enough, ‘Police, stop unprovoked killings in Nigeria’, ‘Christians are not second-class citizens’, ‘Killers of Deborah must be prosecuted’, ‘we condemn religious killings’,” the letter reads in parts.

He also urged Nigerian Christians in diaspora to join the peaceful protests using the nation’s embassies all over the world.

He said, “The occasion can also be used to pray for Deborah’s family and friends, peace for the country, victory for the Church and godly political leaders in the coming general election.”

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