$50,000 donation: US-based Nigerian Christians blast Musa Dikwa

Pastor Ayo

By Evelyn Okakwu
Nigerian Christians in the United States under the aegis of Christian
Association of Nigerian-Americans, (CANAN) challenged self-acclaimed
Pastor and controversial Executive Director of the Voice of Northern
Christian Movement, one Mr. Musa Dikwa, to substantiate his allegation
that the $50,000 it donated to victims of Boko Haram Islamic sect in
the North East were allegedly "diverted and hijacked by the Christian
Association of Nigeria (CAN).

A statement issued from New York on Wednesday by the Executive
Director of CANAN, Pastor Laolu Akande, entitled: "Our $50,000
donation to terror victims in Nigeria and other adjoining issues",
challenged Dikwa to "be prepared to provide solid proof of such
claims, without which he should not be taken seriously both by the
media and the society at large."

While describing the allegation as untrue, the statement  said it had
documents which showed that the money which was delivered to the
national secretariat of CAN "in a couple of batches between late 2013
and early 2014", got to the victims.

Dikwa, the self-acclaimed Pastor had alleged that out of the N7
billion which, he said, was offered by President Goodluck Jonathan to
Christians to campaign for his re-election, each State chapter of CAN
got N3 million, while the $50,000 released by CANAN for victims of
insurgency in the North East were not disbursed to them by CAN.


The statement reads..,

“We have read with shock and surprise the media reports raising
questions regarding the contribution of $50,000 donated by us, the
Christian Association of Nigerian-Americans, CANAN to victims of Boko
Haram violence in Nigeria through CAN”.
“The statement confirmed that the amount was giving to the victims
through CAN adding that: There was no better means through which the
money would have been given”.
 “From time to time, the Secretary-General of CAN, Revd. Dr. Musa
Asake, gave us reports of how the money is being distributed to the
victims”.

 “So far, for instance, no less than 1000 victims- widows and their
children in Borno State alone received N10,000 each- per widow-from
the donation according to detailed reports we got from CAN. T”
 “Equally, a total of N1.5m was released to the Gwoza Christian
Community to help refugees from over 60 villages driven out of their
homes by the terrorist activities. We have written testimonials from
the Gwoza Christian refugee community”.