The Christian Association of Nigerian (CAN) yesterday slammed the United States Secretary of States, Mr. John Kerry for his “discriminatory and divisive” visit to the country, which has truned very controversial. CAN rubbished the visit as discriminatory, personal and divisive.
The Christian Umbrella body further alleged that the visit was aimed at sustaining the persecution of Christians.
Kerry’s strange two-day visit has elicited condemnation from Christian leaders who question his sincerity.
During the visit, Kerry visited the Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar III, met with the 19 northern governors, three of whom are Christians. At the Presidential Villa, where he was hosted by President Muhammadu Buhari, he met with only selected northern governors.
CAN President, Rev. Supo Ayokunle told reporters that the action of the US Secretary of State shows lack of respect for the heterogeneous nature of Nigeria. He accused the American official of favouring a section of the country and Muslims to the detriment of the Christian community.
According to Ayokunle, the attitude and disposition of Kerry and the discrimination he adopted during the visit supports accusations that the President Barack Obama’s administration, alongside Kerry and other strategic U.S. politicians in the Obama’s government openly supported the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2015 general elections, which produced the Buhari presidency.
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