United States Secretary of State John Kerry
talks with the Sultan of Sokoto during his
visit
The US secretary of state, John Kerry has
come under heavy attack by the Christian
Association of Nigeria (CAN), over his recent
visit to Nigeria.
Mr John Kerry was told off by CAN, who say
that his recent visit to Nigeria was
discriminatory, personal and divisive. Rev
Supo Ayokunle, the President of CAN,
alleged that Kerry’s actions during his visit
would further the federal government’s plan
to continue to persecute the teeming
population of Nigerian Christians.
During his visit, John Kerry only visited the
Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar III, he also
met with the 19 northern governors, of whom
only three are Christians.
Also at the Presidential Villa, where Kerry
was hosted by President Muhammadu
Buhari, he met with select northern
governors, which also led to criticism as to
who selected the governors that were
allowed to meet with him.
According to Vanguard, Rev Ayokunle, told
journalists in an interview in Abuja that Kerry
disrespected the heterogeneous nature of
Nigeria, while nakedly showing favour to
northern Nigeria and Muslims to the
detriment of the Christian community.
Ayokunle said that the attitude and
disposition of the Secretary of States and
the discrimination he adopted during the
visit supports accusations that the President
Barack Obama’s administration, alongside
Kerry and other strategic US politicians in
the Obama’s government openly supported
the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the
2016 general elections, which produced the
current leadership of the country.
The CAN president also asked John Kerry
to “stop interfering in Nigerian affairs”,
explaining that as far as he was concerned
the visit was a complete flop and exposed
Kerry’s negligence of Nigeria’s unity in
diversity ideology that has remained the
bedrock of the country.
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