Dr. Goodluck Jonathan
THE Northern branch of Christians Association of Nigeria, CAN, yesterday warned President Muhammadu Buhari against alleged moves to arrest former President Goodluck Jonathan.
It said such move will put the country on fire because Jonathan is seen as the “hero of democracy”.
The body told Buhari to rather focus on arresting the rampaging Fulani herdsmen, fixing the light problem and getting the economy out of doldrums.
In a statement signed by its PRO, Rev. John Joseph Hayab, CAN said: “Every honest Nigeria knows that the feelers on the ground are that this administration’s popularity is dwindling rapidly among the Nigerian people. It is therefore not advisable to think or plan to arrest former president Goodluck Jonathan. Let me warn that such a misadventure will set a wrong precedent and only open door for mischievous people to set this nation into confusion. What Nigerians need urgently is availability of fuel, electricity, prompt salary, security of lives and properties etc.”
The group added that if the planned arrest was aimed to satisfy the international community by showing that the fight against corruption is being prosecuted “then let us know that these same international community are busy celebrating him as hero of democracy and even those who seriously wanted him to go for a change to happen are now singing a new song about him. Former President Jonathan is deservedly seen in Nigeria and beyond as a hero of democracy because of his actions before, during and after the 2015 elections. As such, it will be curious for the Buhari administration to initiate the arrest of such a statesman.”
CAN reminded Buhari that over one thousand Nigerians have been killed by Fulani herdsmen under his watch. So “if our President wants to arrest anything for now, then he should arrest the incessant spate of herdsmen attacks in Nigeria.”
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