Witches Confab: CPAN Urges Organisers To Give More Information About The Event
Christian Press Association of Nigeria (CPAN) has called on the organisers of the much touted witches conference in Nsukka to provide more information about the event in order to clear every doubt and misconception in the minds of the people.
They also called on all Christians in Nigeria and beyond to always exercise caution and study details of issues before engaging in condemnation and propaganda that could throw minds into panic.
In a press release signed by the president of the association, Deacon Bola Adewara, the association said having studied the statements of the organisers of the conference, and if the statement is true, the matter is said to be an academic exercise of research where people are invited to speak on witchcraft.
“If this is the case, CPAN believes that Christians should even attend the meeting to learn the working of witchcraft, their powers, their weaknesses and exploit this to combat the negative forces. To fight an entity, it is important to know it’s details. If we are ignorant of their workings, how can we fight them?
“Also, these are academicians holding their meetings. It is uncertain if they are importing witches and wizards from the villages to Nsukka. In an academic environment, it is not certain this is their game plan. In a 21-century world, we should not close our minds to research efforts that could throw open facts and figures hitherto unknown.
“CPAN is of the opinion that what happened during the era of Bishop Benson Idahosa in Benin city is diametrically different from the Nsukka matter. The former was the convention of witches while the latter is an academic research in an open place and it is not certain if they are closing their doors to the public.
“While CPAN understands the fears of the Church and our biblical zero tolerance for witches, we speak to the organisers of the conference to provide more information and be clear on what they want to do.
“CPAN advise the organisers of the conference to remember that in a Christians clime like Nsukka, such a conference is a hardshell. They should have called church leaders in the university and the town to explain their intention as a pure academic exercise. This would have stopped imaginations from running riot, the statement stated.
