Robbers attacked Rev Dr. Caleb Ahima
Robbers attacked Rev Dr. Caleb Ahima
The President of Christian Reform Church of Nigeria CRCN Rev. Dr. Caleb Ahima was waylaid by robbers along Kaduna-Akwanga way on the 23th May, 2016 while returning from a TEKAN/ECWA blog meeting in Kaduna. The TEKAN/ECWA meeting was rescheduled to review the nomination of blog candidate who will be presented to the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) President election coming up later in June.
The CRCN president was with his wife and driver in the journey when the robbers stopped them and collected his car and all that is belonging to him. They were left in the bush until his colleague (the President of Evangelical Reform Church of Christ (ERCC) Rev. Dr. Madibo) who was coming from behind came along and found him.
TEKAN/ECWA group had had long disagreement on an election which was hurriedly conducted to choose a candidate for the CAN leadership. The election which was said to have been won by Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Gado of Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA). The election was not accepted by TEKAN because the 15 member church group said their president who is also the Leader of the blog was in captivity in the hands of Kidnappers when the said election was conducted, therefore it was not fair to conduct an election talk-less to declare a winner.
The blog rescheduled a meeting in Kaduna on 23th of May to be able to resolve the decision of who will represent TEKAN/ECWA in the CAN election, the meeting ended in another deadlock due to their inability to agree.
Meanwhile, the TEKAN has substituted their candidate with Rev. Dr. Caleb Ahima. The initial candidate filed was Rev. Dr. Jerry Madibbo who decided to back out his candidacy due to ill health. Dr Madibbo had a serious attack after the first election in Jos he was hospitalized and placed on oxygen, he was in the hospital for two weeks.
The TEKAN/ECWA blog is hoping to pick the CAN presidency for the first time but the blog has failed to agree. Since the process started the TEKAN group has suffered several calamities. The President of TEKAN was kidnapped along other pastors and one of the pastors Rev Anto Iliya died in the custody of the captors. It followed by the illness of Dr Jerry Madibbo and now the substituted candidate have been attacked and his car and other valuables taken away.
The TEKAN General Secretary Rev Moses Ebuga told our reporter that the TEKAN is pained by all that has happened and they call on the government security agencies to ensure that the robbers are brought to book. He also showed his concern over what is going in the blog. He expressed his concern over the unity of the body of Christ especially in northern Nigeria.
The President of Christian Reform Church of Nigeria CRCN Rev. Dr. Caleb Ahima was waylaid by robbers along Kaduna-Akwanga way on the 23th May, 2016 while returning from a TEKAN/ECWA blog meeting in Kaduna. The TEKAN/ECWA meeting was rescheduled to review the nomination of blog candidate who will be presented to the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) President election coming up later in June.
The CRCN president was with his wife and driver in the journey when the robbers stopped them and collected his car and all that is belonging to him. They were left in the bush until his colleague (the President of Evangelical Reform Church of Christ (ERCC) Rev. Dr. Madibo) who was coming from behind came along and found him.
TEKAN/ECWA group had had long disagreement on an election which was hurriedly conducted to choose a candidate for the CAN leadership. The election which was said to have been won by Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Gado of Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA). The election was not accepted by TEKAN because the 15 member church group said their president who is also the Leader of the blog was in captivity in the hands of Kidnappers when the said election was conducted, therefore it was not fair to conduct an election talk-less to declare a winner.
The blog rescheduled a meeting in Kaduna on 23th of May to be able to resolve the decision of who will represent TEKAN/ECWA in the CAN election, the meeting ended in another deadlock due to their inability to agree.
Meanwhile, the TEKAN has substituted their candidate with Rev. Dr. Caleb Ahima. The initial candidate filed was Rev. Dr. Jerry Madibbo who decided to back out his candidacy due to ill health. Dr Madibbo had a serious attack after the first election in Jos he was hospitalized and placed on oxygen, he was in the hospital for two weeks.
The TEKAN/ECWA blog is hoping to pick the CAN presidency for the first time but the blog has failed to agree. Since the process started the TEKAN group has suffered several calamities. The President of TEKAN was kidnapped along other pastors and one of the pastors Rev Anto Iliya died in the custody of the captors. It followed by the illness of Dr Jerry Madibbo and now the substituted candidate have been attacked and his car and other valuables taken away.
The TEKAN General Secretary Rev Moses Ebuga told our reporter that the TEKAN is pained by all that has happened and they call on the government security agencies to ensure that the robbers are brought to book. He also showed his concern over what is going in the blog. He expressed his concern over the unity of the body of Christ especially in northern Nigeria.
