Atilade urges Christians to unite against moves to Islamise Nigeria 
 By Prisca Sam-Duru & Vera Anyagafu

 South West President of Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Archbishop Magnus Atilade, has urged Christians to unite against plans to ensure Christianity was eradicated in Nigeria and Islam accepted as an official religion. Archbishop Atilade, who spoke at the Work F.O.R.C.E Africa 2016 conference, titled ‘New Frontiers, New Partnerships in the Era of Change’, in Lagos, called on  Christian organisations to form a synergy to map out strategies on how they could overcome the threat on Christianity. He said:   “As we are seeing in the whole world now, no single church, denomination or organistion,  can save the world. We have work to do and we need to be united to achieve a common goal. Individual organisations working alone have not been able to make an impact. ‘’Those who want to eradicate Christianity are very busy, those who are killing Christians and destroying churches in the north are very busy, they  are coming up with different plans everyday and we as Christians cannot fold our arms and watch them destroying the church of Jesus Christ. ‘’There must be a way that we are going to react but if we react in a disorganised way, we won’t get the desired goal.” Insisting that it was wrong to impose one religion on the others, Atilade added:  “We are in a very dire situation. I believe and I tell you here that anybody, whoever the person is, that tells you that there is no plan to islamise Nigeria is not saying the truth.” ‘’I believe there is a plan and they are working hard to see how this country accepts Islam as the official religion. ‘’I’m saying this just to reawaken all of us.