. Says act inhuman
The Northern Governors Forum (NGF), Wednesday condemned the alleged gruesome murder of Reverend Lawan Andimi by Boko Haram insurgents.
The NGF chairman and Plateau state governor, Simon Lalong, made the condemnation, describing the act as yet another sad tale of inhuman activities of the terrorist group which is bent on unleashing sorrow in the hearts of Nigerians.
Andimi was the local council chapter chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and also a pastor with the Church of the Brethren (EYN) at the District Church Council of Michika, Adamawa state.
In a statement, signed the director of press and public affairs to the NGF chairman, Dr Makut Macham, Lalong commiserated with the family of the late clergyman.
He urged them not to allow the ugly incident affect their faith in God and love for humanity as the death of the late clergyman cannot be a catalyst for hatred among Nigerians who are disgusted by the cruelty of the terrorist organisation.
He said the NGF remains united in their support for security agencies to continue to rise up to not only terrorist groups, but all forms of criminality that seek to divide the country along ethnic, religious or political lines.
Governor Lalong stated that the NGF stands shoulder- to- shoulder with the President Muhammadu Buhari as he rallies the world towards defeating terror groups and their sponsors as well as the purveyors of their bizarre ideology which propagates sorrow, hatred and pain on innocent persons in the name of religion and others claims.
