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The All Progressives Congress has condemned the reported conversion to Islam of the Christians among the over 200 schoolgirls who were abducted by the Boko Haram terror group four weeks ago, describing the development as totally unacceptable and downright unconstitutional.

It has also postponed its planned NEC meeting earlier scheduled for today (Tuesday).

According to a statement in Abuja, Tuesday, the party held an emergency meeting to deliberate on the Boko Haram issue.

The APC described the action of the girls abductors in forcing them to make statements against their personal convictions, as utterly barbaric.

It reminded the abductors that Nigeria was a secular state and that the countrys constitution recognizes the rights of the citizens to any religion of their choice.

The party submitted that it was patently wrong and unconscionable to force any citizen to convert from one religion to another.

This whole abduction saga has hit at the very soul of our nation. But just when we felt we had all witnessed the worst atrocity by the primitive and brutal group called Boko Haram, we are confronted with a totally repulsive scene of teenage girls, literally with guns to their heads, being forced to say they have converted to Islam.

This is appalling, distasteful and unacceptable under any circumstance and we condemn it with all the strength we can muster, APC said.

The party urged the government to critically study the latest video by Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau, to see what other measures can be added to the ongoing international efforts to find and rescue the girls.

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APC condemns conversion of kidnapped Christian girls to Islam