RCCG Osun Province 10, Christians Stage Peaceful Protest Over Killing Of Deborah Samuel

OSOGBO: Members of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Osun Province 10, Osogbo, in Osun State, on Sunday, held a peaceful protest against the killing of Deborah in Sokoto, calling for an end to any form of brutality under the guise of religion.

During the protest, members of the church held placards with different inscriptions such as ‘No killings in the name of God,’ ‘Let’s live together in peace,’ ‘God is watching,’ and ‘Let’s be our brothers’ keeper,’ among others.

Speaking with Newsmen, during the protest which was held at the Liberation Cathedral, the province 10 headquarters, Osogbo, the pastor-in-charge of the province, Felix Afe-Johnson, said the protest was held in compliance with the directive of the RCCG leadership.

He further said, “they (RCCG leadership) asked us to just do peaceful protest to let everybody know that we don’t support the murdering of that young girl in Sokoto State.

“And we are not in support of bloodshed and all manner of vices going on in the country. We will prevent reoccurrence, when everyone keeps to his or her religion. We should not dabble into Islam and the Muslims should not dabble into Christianity since we are all pursuing same goal and ensure that there is peace.”

Similarly, members of the Christian Association of Nigeria in Osun State, had staged a peaceful protest at the secretariat of the association, demanding that those involved in the recent killing of Deborah Samuel in Sokoto State be punished according to the law.

Addressing the protesters, Osun CAN chairman, Bishop Amos Ogunrinde, declared that the killing of late Deborah was barbaric and ungodly.

He said, “We want to declare that the killing of Deborah Samuel is ungodly, is an oppression on the people of other faiths and we want to demand justice for the gruesome killing.

“We have come together today enmass to represent the Christian community in the state of Osun to express our feeling. We felt that the killing of Deborah is a great injustice to humanity, not only to Christians alone, but to humanity, because life is sacred.

“We want the perpetrators of this evil to be brought to book, to be brought to justice. Let them be tried, let them be prosecuted and the law should take its course, so that this act of barbarism will stop in Nigeria.”

Recalled that the Christian Association of Nigeria, had called for a nationwide protest over the gruesome killing of Deborah Samuel, a 200 Level student of Shehu Shagari College of Education in Sokoto by Muslim fundamentalists.

Some Muslim colleagues of Deborah alleged that she blasphemed their religion, for which she was stoned to death before setting her ablaze.

The killing elicited international outcry while the Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, imposing a 24-hour curfew on the metropolis to restore order.

Violence also erupted on Friday in Katangan area of Warji Local Government Area of Bauchi State over an alleged blasphemy.

Trouble reportedly started in Bauchi following a social media post by a 40-year-old staff of the Medical Department Warji Local Government, Rhoda Jatau, which was considered as blasphemous to Islam.

The President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Samson Ayokunle, however, instructed Christians in the country to be discreet in carrying out the protest in view of a threat by an unknown Islamic group to do a counter-protest.

He urged church leaders to do the protest by carrying placards within the premises of their local churches or CAN secretariats. CONTINUE READING…

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