{"id":79051,"date":"2025-11-20T12:27:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T12:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=79051"},"modified":"2025-11-20T12:27:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T12:27:12","slug":"can-condemns-kwara-church-attack-urges-rescue-of-abducted-worshippers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/11\/20\/can-condemns-kwara-church-attack-urges-rescue-of-abducted-worshippers\/","title":{"rendered":"CAN Condemns Kwara Church Attack, Urges Rescue of Abducted Worshippers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Ade Iyamoye\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), has condemned the attack on Christ Apostolic Church in Eruku, Kwara State, where gunmen killed worshippers and abducted several others during a prayer service.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Thursday, CAN President Archbishop Daniel Okoh described the incident as a \u201cheartbreaking reminder\u201d of worsening insecurity facing Christian communities.<\/p>\n<p>He expressed solidarity with victims\u2019 families and the Eruku community, saying, \u201cTheir pain is our collective pain, and their trauma is one no community of faith should ever endure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>CAN urged security agencies to swiftly rescue the abducted, apprehend the perpetrators, and carry out a transparent investigation.<\/p>\n<p>The group also called on authorities to provide immediate medical, emotional, and material support to the victims.<\/p>\n<p>Highlighting gaps in Nigeria\u2019s security strategy, CAN stressed the need for stronger protection of places of worship and appealed to religious and community leaders to maintain calm and prevent reprisals.<\/p>\n<p>The association said it will continue monitoring developments and working with authorities to ensure justice and better protection for Christian communities nationwide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ade Iyamoye\u00a0 The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), has condemned the attack on Christ Apostolic Church in Eruku, Kwara State, where gunmen killed worshippers and abducted several others during a prayer service. In a statement on Thursday, CAN President Archbishop Daniel Okoh described the incident as a \u201cheartbreaking reminder\u201d of worsening insecurity facing Christian [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":78899,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79051","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=79051"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79051\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79052,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79051\/revisions\/79052"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}