There was drama at the Redeemed Christian Church of God
(Central Parish) in Abuja on Sunday as members protested against the killing of
Christians in Nigeria over alleged blasphemy with their lips sealed with
sellotape.
The protest which took place after the Sunday service at the
Central Parish in Wuse 2 area of Abuja was led by the Regional Pastor of the
Parish who refused to give his name to journalists.
Another Pastor of the church said the decision not to speak
on the protest was an “order from above.”
The protesters who declined to speak to journalists had
their mouths sealed with sellotape claiming it was a silent protest against
killings in the name of God.
A presidential aspirant for the 2023
election under the platform of the All Progressives Congress and Vice President
Yemi Osinbajo is a member and Senior Pastor of the RCCG.
Some inscriptions on the placards carried by them included,
‘Stop the killing! God is watching’; ‘No killings in the name of religion’,
‘Don’t defend the indefensible’; and ‘Let’s live together in peace.’
The Christian Association of Nigeria had called for a
nationwide protest over the gruesome killing of Deborah Samuel, a 200 Level
student of Shehu Shagari College of Education in Sokoto by Muslim fundamentalists.
Some Muslim colleagues of Deborah alleged that she
blasphemed their religion, for which she was stoned to death before setting her
ablaze.
The killing elicited international outcry while the Sokoto
State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, imposed a 24-hour curfew on the metropolis to
restore order.
Violence also erupted on Friday in Katangan area of Warji
Local Government Area of Bauchi State over alleged blasphemy.
Trouble reportedly started in Bauchi following a social
media post by a 40-year-old staff of the Medical Department Warji Local
Government, Rhoda Jatau, which was considered blasphemous to Islam.
The President of the Christian Association of Nigeria,
Samson Ayokunle, however, instructed Christians in the country to be discreet
in carrying out the protest in view of a threat by an unknown Islamic group to
do a counter-protest.
He urged church leaders to do the protest by carrying
placards within the premises of their local churches or CAN secretariats.
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