{"id":63530,"date":"2025-03-30T08:32:21","date_gmt":"2025-03-30T08:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=63530"},"modified":"2025-03-30T08:32:21","modified_gmt":"2025-03-30T08:32:21","slug":"can-calls-for-unity-justice-as-muslims-celebrate-eid-el-fitr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/03\/30\/can-calls-for-unity-justice-as-muslims-celebrate-eid-el-fitr\/","title":{"rendered":"CAN Calls for Unity, Justice as Muslims Celebrate Eid-el-Fitr"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Ade Iyamoye\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Christian Association of Nigeria has extended warm felicitations to Muslims across the country on the occasion of Eid-el-Fitr, urging Nigerians to embrace unity and national harmony in the face of rising challenges.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement signed by its President, Archbishop Daniel Okoh, CAN acknowledged the shared values of prayer, fasting, and charity between Christians and Muslims, emphasizing that such principles should strengthen national cohesion.<\/p>\n<p>However, the association condemned the recent mob killing of sixteen hunters in Uromi, Edo State.<\/p>\n<p>The victims, who were traveling from Port Harcourt to Kano for the Eid celebration, were mistaken for kidnappers and brutally lynched.<\/p>\n<p>Describing the act as a grave violation of human rights, CAN called on the government to launch a thorough investigation and ensure justice is served.<\/p>\n<p>The statement stressed the need for stronger law enforcement to prevent further descent into lawlessness.<\/p>\n<p>CAN reaffirmed its commitment to interfaith dialogue and cooperation, urging leaders at all levels to promote understanding and reject violence.<\/p>\n<p>The Apex Christian Body in Nigeria called on Nigerians to foster peace, support the needy, and stand against actions that threaten national stability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ade Iyamoye\u00a0 The Christian Association of Nigeria has extended warm felicitations to Muslims across the country on the occasion of Eid-el-Fitr, urging Nigerians to embrace unity and national harmony in the face of rising challenges. In a statement signed by its President, Archbishop Daniel Okoh, CAN acknowledged the shared values of prayer, fasting, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":63531,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-63530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63530"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63530\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63532,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63530\/revisions\/63532"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}