Our lives in danger for endorsing Buhari –Christian group

Pastor Aminchi Habu, Chairman of Christian Leaders Eagle Eyes Forum and Gen. Buhari

The Christian Leaders Eagle Eyes Forum that endorsed the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Maj.-Gen Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has said the lives of its members are now under threat.

The group raised the alarm on Friday that the lives of its leaders are under threat following the endorsement of Buhari.

Addressing journalists in Kaduna, Chairman of the Forum, Pastor Aminchi Habu, simply described the tenure of President Goodluck Jonathan as a disappointment.

Habu said the Christian community in 2011 overwhelmingly voted for the President but had been disappointed by his performance.

He said the group decided to ditch the President for Buhari as a result of this.

Habu said, “Our decision to endorse Buhari was informed by our patriotic commitment to build a free, fair and a secular society where the inheritance should be justice to all.

“After the endorsement, our members, especially the chairman of this forum have continued to receive threatening phone calls and text messages, labelling them a sell-out group who have abandoned a Christian candidate in the person of President Goodluck Jonathan.”

But the Executive Secretary of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Northern States and Abuja, Prof. Daniel Babayi, advised the group to stay off politics

“We are not expected to be partisan, CAN as an institution is apolitical, CAN as an institution does not, as a policy, identify with any political party or candidate. So CAN cannot endorse any person or party,” Babayi said.