{"id":3022,"date":"2022-01-02T20:12:50","date_gmt":"2022-01-02T20:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianassociationofnigeria.org\/?p=3022"},"modified":"2022-01-02T20:12:54","modified_gmt":"2022-01-02T20:12:54","slug":"press-statement-can-condemns-the-desecration-of-the-house-of-god-by-the-police-in-imo-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianassociationofnigeria.org\/?p=3022","title":{"rendered":"PRESS STATEMENT: CAN CONDEMNS THE DESECRATION OF THE HOUSE OF GOD BY THE POLICE IN IMO STATE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The National leadership\u00a0 of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) condemns in strong terms the arrest of one Mr. Uche Nwosu at St. Peter\u2019s Anglican Cathedral Umunwokwe village, in the Eziama-Obieri Nkwerre Local Government Area of Imo State.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We feel highly embarrassed by this ugly development and feel pained that the Nigeria Police had no respect even for the House of God. We cannot remember whether this act of disrespect for God ever happened before in our country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has nothing to apologize for over what the police did because we were never and would never be party to their horrendous act. The Police that did the disgraceful thing should appropriately apologize without giving any excuse. We expect them to be more circumspect in the performance of their duties.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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We are not asking the Police or the security agencies not to do their constitutional duties but the idea of desecrating the House of God in doing so is totally unacceptable, unfortunate and reprehensible. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In view of the foregoing, we urge the Inspector General of Police to call his men to order and continue to respect all houses of worship, whether church or mosque. This type of act should never happen again in our country.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Thank You.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Signed
Pastor Adebayo Oladeji, Special Assistant (Media &Communications) to His Eminence, the CAN President.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The National leadership\u00a0 of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) condemns in strong terms the arrest of one Mr. Uche Nwosu at St. Peter\u2019s Anglican Cathedral Umunwokwe village, in the Eziama-Obieri Nkwerre Local Government Area of Imo State. We feel highly embarrassed by this ugly development and feel pained that the Nigeria Police had no […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3023,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[257,165,362],"tags":[359,375,376,99,346],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t