THE POLITICIAN COLOURED NOVEMBER 2013 | Page 60

Such murderous conduct is against the They’re not resting in peace because they left before their time. Put down your weapons and talk to us. Our teachings of both the Bible and the ears are open and we are willing to talk, but you must because we Quran. Our Lord and Saviour Jesus lower your weaponsyou continuecannot stand idly by as a nation and watch to destroy innocent Christ said and I quote “Blessed are the lives, not on our watch and not during the watch of peace makers for theirs is the Kingdom President Goodluck Jonathan. of Heaven”. The Prophet Muhammed As the head of state and President of the federal re(peace be upon him) said and I quote public of Nigeria, President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan swore to protect the lives and properties of all Nige“Do you know what is better than rians and therefore he had no choice, but to declare a charity, fasting and prayer? Keeping state of emergency in the troubled parts of the country. peace and good relations between peo- That is part of what he was elected to do and the nation is 100% behind him. The time to heal our nation has ple, as quarrels and bad feelings destroy come. Let us put away the bad looks and the bad blood that is stifling our economic growth and hindering the mankind”. full manifestation of our national potential. Both our lord and personal saviour Jesus Christ the Son of God and the Prophet Muhammed (peace be upon him) advocate nothing but peace, and cordial relations between all people groups irrespective of their ethnic origins or religious affiliations. We are all human beings, born of a woman and are all destined to die one day, and this body that we so much cherish and indeed almost worship, will return to the dust from which it came. It is appointed for all Men to die and after death is the judgment. What will you tell God when he asks you the reason why you murdered so many innocent people who have not done anything to you? What will you tell him on that dreadful and terrible day of judgement, when the books of our lives will be opened and everything we have done is laid bare? Can’t you see that hatred solves nothing? My dear Christian and Muslim brothers, it is high time we put away our differences, come together, and sit down like the civilised people that we are, and iron out our differences. We owe it to our children and also to generations yet unborn, to seek a peaceful resolution to our problems so that they can have a Nigeria to inherit. Boko Haram, I call upon you to put down your weapons and stop the slaughter of the innocent across the nation. You are spilling precious blood, and the precious blood of all those you have slain are already calling for vengeance from the grave. Can’t you hear them? 44 We are the envy of the World because of our vast human and natural resources. I don’t think that many of us know what we have or who we are as Nigerians. It is time for us to sit down at the table of brotherhood and reason together. North and South, Muslim and Christian, we are one people, Nigerians, a people of class and incredible worth and as a nation, we are poised to become one of the most industrialized countries in the world by 2030. We have so much to gi ????????????????????????)????????????????????????????????????????????)????????????????????????????????????????]?)?????????????????????????????????????????)????????????????????????????????????????(????????????()]????????????????????????)???? ???????M?????)?????????????A?????5?????????????????????)???????????????????????????????????????????)????????????1????????????????????????????)???????????????????????????????? ???????)????5????????????????q ?????t????????????Q????)5???????????q???????????t??????????? ??????)??????q????????t??9???????=???9??????=??????????((