{"id":4987,"date":"2026-10-31T13:46:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T13:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/31\/can-questions-conviction-of-christian-woman-in-borno\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T13:46:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T13:46:13","slug":"can-questions-conviction-of-christian-woman-in-borno","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/31\/can-questions-conviction-of-christian-woman-in-borno\/","title":{"rendered":"CAN questions conviction of Christian woman in Borno"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"720\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/CAN-questions-conviction-of-Christian-woman-in-Borno.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"CAN questions conviction of Christian woman in Borno\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/CAN-questions-conviction-of-Christian-woman-in-Borno.jpg 720w, https:\/\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Jailed-Christian-woman-300x173.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u2026Raises religious freedom concerns<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>By Luminous Jannamike<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has faulted the reported conviction and imprisonment of a Christian woman in Borno State, raising concerns over religious freedom and the protection of fundamental rights.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The woman, identified in circulating reports as Lami Samuel Dawa, was reportedly convicted in a case said to have involved the conversion of an adult woman to Christianity. CAN said the precise facts and legal basis of the conviction were still being verified.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement by its President, Archbishop Daniel Okoh, the association disclosed that an appeal had been filed, adding that it was committed to allowing the judicial process to run its course.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Association believes that every individual has the right to freely choose, change or practise their religion or belief without coercion, intimidation or unlawful punishment,\u201d CAN said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The association urged the relevant authorities to protect the rights of all parties and ensure that justice was served in accordance with the Constitution and the law.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CAN also pledged to monitor developments and engage the authorities through appropriate legal and institutional channels, while reaffirming its commitment to peaceful coexistence among Nigerians of different religious backgrounds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It said the case highlighted the need to protect the fundamental rights and freedoms guaranteed to every citizen, including the right to freely choose and practise a religion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/2026\/10\/can-questions-conviction-of-christian-woman-in-borno\/\">CAN questions conviction of Christian woman in Borno<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/\">Vanguard News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Vanguard News<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2026Raises religious freedom concerns By Luminous Jannamike The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has faulted the reported conviction and imprisonment of a Christian woman in Borno State, raising concerns over&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4988,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4987\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}