President Muhammadu Buhari and the Christian Association of Nigeria have disagreed over the identity of Nigerians so far killed by Boko Haram insurgents.

 

 

The position of the President is that Boko Haram insurgency which began in 2009 has claimed the lives of more Muslims than Christians but CAN disagrees.

 

 

BUHARI gave his position in an op-ed published in Speaking Out, a guest opinion column for Christianity Today, a United States-based magazine.

 

 

The op-ed was a tribute to the Michika Local Government Area Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria in Adamawa State, Pastor Lawan Andimi who was recently killed by Boko Haram.

 

 

But CAN President, Reverend Supo Ayokunle in Ibadan over the weekend cited the killing of Andimi and a student of the University of Maiduguri, Ropvil Dalyep, saying there was no doubt that the Boko Haram insurgents were targeting Christians.