Northern Elders Demand N9bn, Overseas Scholarship For Abducted Girls …As CAN Releases Names

The Northern States Christian and Elders Forum (NOCSEF), an affiliate of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), yesterday demanded N50 million damage as trauma compensation for each of the abducted female students of Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State.
There are 180 girls on the list released by NOCSEF, which amounts to N9billion.
NOCSEF also demanded that preparation starts immediately to take each girl to overseas on university scholarship from September 2014, out of the conviction that the prayer war it has declared and urged all Christians to join would bring the girls back home soon.
A statement issued in Kaduna on behalf of NOCSEF by President/Founder of Old Time Revival Hour, Kaduna and immediate past NOCSEF chairman, said “SS1 and SS2 girls in that school must be transferred to schools of their choice at the expense of government”.
“Daughters of Zion taken captive, to be treated as slaves and sold into marriage to unclean people. Abomination has been committed.
“Raise lamentation to High Heavens. What a shame on the Church of the Living God.
“Chibok Local Government is 90 per cent Christians. Majority of the girls abducted are Christian! Why did Boko Haram visit Chibok Local Government? Why didn’t they visit so many other Local Government Girls Secondary Schools in Borno State?
“The Church in Nigeria is hereby called to A Lamentation Prayer. Time: Every Christian home must raise a lamentation to heaven daily. Let God arise and defend his Name, Honour and Majesty.
“Let a 15 minutes cry to heaven be done in every church every time they gather. Oh God, Rend the Heavens and come down!”
After listing the names of the 165 abducted Christian girls and their 15 Muslim counterparts, the statement concluded thus:
“The military may not be able to solve the problem but prayer will. Ordinary military force may not get them out! Intensive agonizing prayer will.
The statement reminded the Federal Government that it was its duty to protect the innocent girls, and ensure their release as quickly as possible.
Almost three weeks after the tragic incident, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) yesterday released names of the female students abducted on April 14 by Boko Haram from Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State.
On the list are 165 Christians and 15 Muslims, making a total of 180.

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