Amnesty: Don’t waste tax payers’ money, Oritsejafor tells Jonathan

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…Says Dokubo merely re-echoed Buhari’s statement
ABUJA—NATIONAL President of Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, Thursday, warned President Goodluck Jonathan not to waste tax payers’ money on an amnesty programme for the Boko Haram sect, describing it as ‘a futile exercise’.
Pastor Oritsejafor who stated this after receiving the award of ‘A True Servant of God’ conferred on him by the Christian Elders Forum of Northern States, NOSCEF, in Abuja told President Jonathan not to waste any more time on the amnesty proposal because it would not work.

The CAN President who wept profusely while recalling what he described as religious cleansing/genocide, asked rhetorically, “how do you explain this (targeting worshippers in the Church on Sundays), is it the Church that is now bringing the poverty they claimed was one of the reasons for the killing?”

Dedicating the award to the memory of victims of the sect, he admonished the President “to beware of some Northern Muslim leaders and their few Christian allies who always come to him to seek regional concessions with religious biases. People who do not see anything wrong in Boko Haram killing Christians, but want amnesty for murderous and blood-thirsty sect members”.

Oritsejafor further advised Jonathan to ignore some politicians who did not see anything when certain individuals from a section of the country vowed to make Nigeria ungovernable if “Jonathan becomes President in 2011”, but want him to arrest Asari-Dokubo “for repeating what they said earlier. Such hypocrisy should never be tolerated in a secular country like Nigeria”.

His words: “Today is historic, a day that the Lord has made and one of my best days. Indeed, this award of “A True Servant of God” will be a lasting memorial to me. All I have done in my over 40 years in ministry is to make people to witness the birth of a spiritual dynamic that will revitalise long-dominant moral values; an age of tolerance, understanding and total cooperation that will ultimately lead to a single but inclusive country.

“But, today, I am one of the most misunderstood men in Nigeria on account of my struggles to ensure that Christians and the Church in Nigeria are given a fair deal in the project called Nigeria, particularly in the North. This is why I have described this award as a memorial to me. This is why; also, I thank members of the Christian Elders Forum of Northern state, NOSCEF, for honouring me with this award. I can never thank you enough. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!!!