The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) says the comment of the United States President, Donald Trump, on the killings in Nigeria was the right thing and a wake-up call to President Muhammadu Buhari.
During his meeting with Buhari at the White House on Monday, Trump described the killing of Christians in Nigeria as a serious problem.
“We have had very serious problems with Christians who are being murdered in Nigeria, we are going to be working on that problem very, very hard because we cannot allow that to happen,” Trump said.
And in its reaction, CAN said Trump hit the nail on its head, saying the Republican president told Buhari the right thing.
Spokesman for CAN President, Pastor Bayo Oladeji, called on the Buhari administration to address the killings in the country.
“We are happy that President Trump has told President Buhari the right thing to do. We hope and believe President Buhari would do the right thing and sit up. He has to sit up,” he said.
“Every time we tell them Christians are being killed, they don’t want to listen, but that is the truth. If the President cannot protect Christians, we have two options, we fight back. The law of the land permits self-defence. Secondly, come 2019, we vote him out. If he says there is nothing Christians can do, let him dare us.”