The Northern Christians Forum has cried out over the marginalization being meted to them, in a statement signed by the Chairman of the Forum, Evangelist Matthew Owojaiye stated that; we have been marginalized, deliberately underdeveloped, treated like vassals, seriously brutalized and slaughtered under the watchful eyes of this regime more than in any other regime before. Government spent billions of naira on nomadic education, N5 billion on almajiri schools which is specifically for muslims, while Christian schools and hospitals taken over by the Government without compensations are still held tight by Government.”
According to the Forum it said that; Boko Haram has tried to annihilate them and their Igbo Christian brothers and now the Government is talking about granting them amnesty without saying a word about the people they bombed, slaughtered and traumatized.
Adding further the Forum asked; “Who underdeveloped the muslim North? It is definitely not the Jonathan Government, neither the Christians in the North! It is the Northern muslim ELITES that impoverished the Northern muslim youth. The Northern muslim Elites pocketed the largess that came to the North. Only they and their families benefitted. They turned the attention of Boko Haram to the innocent Christians in the North. It is even more annoying that instead of the Northern muslim Elites releasing 50% of their wealth to solve the poverty problem of the muslims North they are crying and putting pressures and intimidating the Federal Government to set up a Boko Haram commission.”
The Forum also said that it is wickedness, since the post election violence, thousands of Christians have been killed or maimed, thousands of Christian businesses have been ruined, and hundreds of Churches destroyed or closed down for supporting the Jonathan Administration. Nobody is talking about compensating the innocent people who have been affected.
“Contemplating granting amnesty to the people who have wrought wanton destruction of lives and properties in this Nation is a call to other interest groups to rise up in arms against their fatherland, in order to be blessed when such an action should be treated as treason! Till date the killing continues! Intimidating the Federal Government to grant amnesty is the highest display of hypocrisy and impatriotism. Are such people not indirectly admitting that they are the shadows or ghosts behind the Boko Haram? We totally object to even discussing AMNESTY when nothing has been done for the victims of the Boko Haram,” the Forum said.
The NCF went further to add that, all who collude or sponsor Boko Haram or refuse to come to the help of Christians for political or economical reasons know that heaven is watching and NOBODY will go free! The blood of the Christian martyrs is crying to haven for justice.
As it quoted the Book of the Bible, Rev. 6:9-10; “When he open the fifth seal, I saw under the alter the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony which they held. and they cried with a loud voice, saying, “how long, o Lord, Holy and true, until you Judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?”
“We totally object to Paul Unongo and his friends speaking on behalf of the Christians challenging the authority of CAN President. The Christians in Nigeria know their leaders. Definitely their teams are not among our leaders. NORTHERN Minority Commission is overdue. Do we need to take up arms before our plight comes before government?
“We hereby demand: Return of all schools and hospitals taken from the Christians and compensation paid for ruining them. Release of N5 billion for Christian schools as done to muslims and henceforth equal amount given us as given them yearly. The setting up of northern minority commission and a minister to be in charge.”
