The South-East chapter of the
Christian Association of Nigeria
has banned political campaigns
in churches across the zone.
It said it took the decision to
avoid a repeat of last Saturday
church stampede in Anambra
State, where about 28 persons
reportedly died.
The South-East CAN also asked
the Federal Government to set up
a panel of inquiry to investigate
the remote causes of the
incident.
The organisation said it was
wrong for Governor Peter Obi of
Anambra State to set up such
panel, “as the governor cannot
be a judge in his own case.”
Chairman of the group, Bishop
Emmanuel Chukwuma, made this
known while speaking with
journalists in Enugu, on Monday.
Chukwuma said CAN was
becoming worried on why
politicians should carry their
campaigns to churches.
He sympathised with relatives of
victims of the incident, while
lamenting that political
campaigns in churches had
become a menace.
The cleric described the incident
in Anambra as tragic, and vowed
that CAN would sanction
whatsoever church that violated
the ban on political campaigns.
He said, “It is my own duty as
CAN chairman, South-East zone,
to ban all politicians from
attending our churches with their
political teams for campaigns.
The church should also stay
clear of partisan politics because
there are different kinds of
people in the church that belong
to different political parties.
“So it’s wrong to come into the
church and begin to talk about
manifestos and begin to
campaign. It is not going to be
acceptable anymore because it
causes commotion and
disrespect to one another.”
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