LAGOS—THE Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, yesterday, accusedthe Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, ofdistorting facts in the name of politics.“We are disappointed butnot surprised with the disparaging lies and abusive statements credited to the Minister of Information in Ilorin during the town hall meeting where he was accusing religious leaders of making alleged provocative statements that can leadto religious war,’’ CAN said in a statement signed by Special Assistant (Media and Communications), Adebayo Oladeji, to the National President, Rev. Samson Ayokunle.Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed and CAN President, Dr Samson AyokunleAccording to CAN, the Information Minister, in his characteristic manner, left out the issues but went after theso-called religious leaders who are the Christian leaders because he dare not speak against Muslim leaders who had said worse things.The statement asked Alhaji Mohammed if he was accusing CAN of “telling lies that our members are being killed, maimed and burnt by the Boko Haram terrorists in the North-East?“That our members are being killed by the Fulani herdsmen in Plateau, Benue and now SouthernKaduna? That those responsible for these killings profess Islam as their religion? That thosewho killed Madam Bridget Agbahime in Kano were Muslims who were arrested but later discharged and acquitted by the court asrequested by the state Attorney- General and Commissioner of Justice?‘’That those who killed Madam Eunice Elisha Olawale while doing the morning preaching in Kubwa, Abuja, were Muslim fundamentalists, who were arrested but also freed by the Police?“Is Lai Mohammed telling us that no Christian was killed by the Fulani herdsmen who invaded the Southern Kaduna, killed and maimed our members and razed down their communities recently?‘’Is Mohammed saying the Fulani herdsmen, who have been killing ourmembers are not armed with sophisticated weapons and is it wrong for us to ask where they get the AK-47 and other weapons they are using?“When all those killings were going on in Plateau,Benue and Southern Kaduna, was there any time Lai Mohammed or anyone in the Federal Government raised up a voice against the atrocities?”“If those murderous Fulani herdsmen are faceless, how come the Sultan of Sokoto is claiming that they are not Nigerians and in another instance, the Kaduna State governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, said they had been paid for the ‘wrong done to them’?“Why is it that whenever these murderers are perpetrating their atrocities, the security agencies look elsewhereuntil their victims decided to fight back? Is it because the security agencies are Muslim dominated? CAN says noto disparaging remarks in the name of politics. Enough of these lies by Lai Mohammed.”http://vanguardngr.com

CAN doesn't need to respond at all time...Or they want to play politics with the organization