BEVERLY HILLS, February 08, (THEWILL) – The Department of State Services (DSS) have quizzed the members of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) over a video some Christian leaders have allegedly been using to mobilise funds for the rebuilding of churches destroyed by Boko Haram.
Among those that were interrogated by the DSS were a former Chief of General Staff, Lt. Gen. Joshua Dogonyaro (retd.), representing TEKAN/ECWA bloc of CAN; a retired High Court Judge, Justice Kalajine Anigbogu, representing the Christian Council of Nigeria bloc; Mrs. Osaretin Demuren, representing the Organisation of African Instituted Churches and a former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Tunde Lemo, representing the Christian Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria and Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria.
Sources reveal that they were quizzed for four hours, on Tuesday evening, at the DSS headquarters in Abuja, over a video by CAN Trust Fund soliciting funds for CAN to rebuild churches destroyed by Boko Haram insurgents in the North-East.
In continuation of the interrogation, the President of CAN, Dr. Samson Supo Ayokunle; the General Secretary, Dr. Musa Asake; a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Dame Priscilla Kuye (SAN), representing the Catholic bloc; President of the National Christian Elders’ Forum, Solomon Asemota; its General Secretary, Bosun Emmanuel are also billed for interrogation by the DSS.
THEWILL gathered that they were told to explain why they appeared in the video which showed footages of the carnage and destruction unleashed on churches in the North-East by the members of the Boko Haram Islamic sect, alleging that it was an inciting video.
The Director of Legal and Public Affairs in CAN, Kwamkur Samuel, confirmed the invitation of the Christian elders adding that he “accompanied them to the DSS headquarters; CAN would be watching as the situation unfolds.”
CAN insists that the objective of the CAN Trust Fund was to make CAN more effective to represent and protect the interests of Christians and all Christian institutions in Nigeria and operates on a simple process of encouraging individual Christians in Nigeria to make a token monthly donation of N500 to CAN and has been designed in such a manner that it would not affect the financial commitment of Christians to their denominations or local assemblies.
THEWILL recalls that just eight days ago, the General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministries, Apostle Johnson Suleman, was quizzed by the DSS over ‘inciting comments’ as he gave a directive to his church members that Fulani herdsmen found on the church premises should be killed.
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