Oritsejafor: INEC Planning to Disenfranchise Christians Ahead of 2015

Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, President of the Christian Association of Nigeria has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC of planing to disenfranchise Christians. 

According to NATIONAL MIRROR, speaking at the National Executive Council meeting in Abuja, Oritsejafor said, "I want to say passionately to Nigerians: go and get your voter cards. I want to appeal to INEC to double up. Our people must register and have their voter cards. I hope INEC is not doing something deliberate here in order to prevent Christians from voting. I hope the INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, can hear me".

"All well-meaning Nigerians must pray and continue to pray. We must pray. I will not join those condemning our security agencies. They are Nigerians. Women are losing their husbands and children are losing their fathers. I want to challenge the military. They can do better. They must continue to fish out those sabotaging their efforts.

"What is happening in the North-East is unacceptable. What is happening there is unacceptable to us. Christians are the main victims. We are not saying that other people are not affected. But Christians are the ones affected more. All the places where Boko Haram has hoisted their flags are dominated by Christians.

"They have taken over Mubi in Adamawa State which is dominated by Christians. Somebody will now tell me this is not religion. Who is fooling who? Nigerians should accept that we have a problem.

Oritsejafor encouraged the Nigerian government to keep trying to dialogue as that was the only permanent way of ending the crisis.