By David Ayodeji
Members of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, staged a nationwide protest over the gruesome murder of Deborah Samuel, a 200-level student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, following allegations of blasphemy against her.
The demonstrations which tool place simultaneously in all the provincial and regional headquarters of the church of the church across the country after the Sunday service was to call the attention of the government to the incessant killing of the innocent people across the country as well as the high level of insecurity ravaging the nation
The protest was peaceful but the no one spoke with Journalists or make any statement. Standard Times Nigeria gathered that they were following instructions from the top hierarchy of the church not to utter a word to anyone during the protest.
The protesters bore placards with written inscriptions such as ‘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’.
It will be recalled that the President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Dr. Samson Ayokunle had instructed Christians in the country to be discreet in carrying out the protest in view of a threat by an unknown Islamic body to do a counter-protest.
He urged church leaders to do the protest of placard carrying within the premises of their local churches or CAN Secretariat.
