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No Plan To Islamize Nigeria, Sultan Reassures Christians

The Sultan of Sokoto, his eminence, Abubakar Sa’ad the III, has specifically shut down the thorny idea of a program to Islamize Nigeria as being … Continue reading No Plan To Islamize Nigeria, Sultan Reassures Christians


sultanofsokotoThe Sultan of Sokoto, his eminence, Abubakar Sa’ad the III, has specifically shut down the thorny idea of a program to Islamize Nigeria as being part of a Muslim agenda.

He told a gathering of Muslims in Kaduna that those who allege that Muslims have such agenda were not friends of Nigeria.

“Nobody can islamize Nigeria. If almighty Allah had wanted that, he would have made all of us Muslims and there would be nothing anybody can do, just like nobody can Christianize Nigeria because it’s not possible.

“So let’s say as God almighty created us, stay together as we have been.”

He also seized the opportunity to draw the attention of the Federal Government to the killings in the north-eastern part of the country.

“The most pressing problem facing us in this country is that of insecurity. Every blessed day we hear hundreds or tens of people being killed everywhere, most especially in the North-East part of the country.

“It’s a very troubling thing on our minds and we will not stop talking about it until something is done that will bring to an end, that nightmare which gradually is spreading to other parts of the country in form of cattle rustling by insurgents.”

The Sultan also pushed for national unity, insisting that Muslims were a peace loving people.

“I want to use this opportunity to inform you that as Muslims, we are peace-loving; we go about our daily lives according to the dictates of our religion. Therefore we don’t need anybody’s permission before we express our views and sentiments regarding our religion and how Muslims are treated in the country when we feel things are not right”,  he said.

Vice President, Namadi Sambo, in his response, gave assurance that the issue of insecurity was being tackled.

“Criminals masquerading under religious guise to perpetrate their evil acts have suddenly emerged. Let me assure you that Government will see to the end of this alien criminal and barbaric act so that life will return to normalcy”, the Vice President said.

He, however, added that Government was “mindful of the need to act within the universal acceptable standard code of behavior.”