The President of Christian Association
of Nigeria, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, yesterday,
appealed to Nigerians to let the denials and
sacrifices experienced by Muslim faithful in
the month of Ramadan serve as the fulcrum of unity and peace in the country, irrespective of
religious belief, language or tribe. The CAN President while celebrating with
Muslims across the country over the
successful completion of the month-long
Ramadan fast, however, expressed his
condolence to the Nigeria Union of Journalists,
NUJ, over the death of its three union officials in a motor accident. In a statement by CAN Spokesman, Mr. Kenny
Ashaka, Oritsejafor stated that the entire
Christian community rejoiced with their Muslim
brothers and sisters on the occasion of Eid-el-
Fitri. The CAN President urged Nigerians
irrespective of religious belief to let the fear of
God be the basis of their thought and always
strive to promote peaceful coexistence in their
vicinity. He said: “The lessons of Ramadan should not
be lost on our Muslim brothers and sisters
even as the Holy month has just ended. “The injunctions of kindness and fear of God
should rule our lives not only during fasting
period but at all times and circumstances.” Meanwhile, Oritsejafor also expressed deep
sympathy to the Nigerian media community
and the nation over the death, in an auto crash,
of three officials of the NUJ. While he bemoaned the increasing spate of
accidents across the country, he prayed for the
repose of the dead. The accident, which claimed the lives of NUJ
National Financial Secretary, Mr. Adolphus
Okonkwo, Mrs Kafayat Odunsi of NTA Victoria
Island, Lagos and Mr Tunde Oluwanike of FRCN
Ibadan, also left 10 other union officials,
including Mr Deji Elumoye, Chairman of Lagos State council, with various degrees of injuries. Oritsejafor urged the union and its members to
remain steadfast in their drive to uphold the
tenets of journalism and prayed that God would
stand by the family members and their loved
ones left behind by the late union leaders. “We share in the sense of loss of the union and
the family members of our departed brothers
and sister and would continue to beseech God
to give the bereaved the fortitude to bear the
loss,” the CAN President said. He also extended the goodwill of the Christian
community to the injured union officials as
they go through their recovery period.
of Nigeria, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, yesterday,
appealed to Nigerians to let the denials and
sacrifices experienced by Muslim faithful in
the month of Ramadan serve as the fulcrum of unity and peace in the country, irrespective of
religious belief, language or tribe. The CAN President while celebrating with
Muslims across the country over the
successful completion of the month-long
Ramadan fast, however, expressed his
condolence to the Nigeria Union of Journalists,
NUJ, over the death of its three union officials in a motor accident. In a statement by CAN Spokesman, Mr. Kenny
Ashaka, Oritsejafor stated that the entire
Christian community rejoiced with their Muslim
brothers and sisters on the occasion of Eid-el-
Fitri. The CAN President urged Nigerians
irrespective of religious belief to let the fear of
God be the basis of their thought and always
strive to promote peaceful coexistence in their
vicinity. He said: “The lessons of Ramadan should not
be lost on our Muslim brothers and sisters
even as the Holy month has just ended. “The injunctions of kindness and fear of God
should rule our lives not only during fasting
period but at all times and circumstances.” Meanwhile, Oritsejafor also expressed deep
sympathy to the Nigerian media community
and the nation over the death, in an auto crash,
of three officials of the NUJ. While he bemoaned the increasing spate of
accidents across the country, he prayed for the
repose of the dead. The accident, which claimed the lives of NUJ
National Financial Secretary, Mr. Adolphus
Okonkwo, Mrs Kafayat Odunsi of NTA Victoria
Island, Lagos and Mr Tunde Oluwanike of FRCN
Ibadan, also left 10 other union officials,
including Mr Deji Elumoye, Chairman of Lagos State council, with various degrees of injuries. Oritsejafor urged the union and its members to
remain steadfast in their drive to uphold the
tenets of journalism and prayed that God would
stand by the family members and their loved
ones left behind by the late union leaders. “We share in the sense of loss of the union and
the family members of our departed brothers
and sister and would continue to beseech God
to give the bereaved the fortitude to bear the
loss,” the CAN President said. He also extended the goodwill of the Christian
community to the injured union officials as
they go through their recovery period.
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