Sultan of Sokoto, Abubakar Sa’ad said on Sunday that Jamatrul Nasril Islam (JNI) will evaluate the performance of President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration as it relates to the condition and welfare of Muslims in the country before taking a common position on 2015 presidential election.
The conference which chaired by sultan of Sokoto, was almost all about lamentations from a people that appears to be worried, even panicky, about the future of northern Nigeria in a continually evolving nation.
The conference aimed at bringing all stakeholders from the region together to brainstorm on how to end the insurgency and foster unity among Muslims in Nigeria.
Sultan Abubakar said the assessment of Jonathan’s government by the Islamic body became imperative in order to ascertain if the president has treated Muslim faithful’s fairly as he promised Islamic leaders during his electioneering campaign in 2011 before seeking for a re-election in 2015.
Abubakar who spoke in Kaduna at the opening ceremony of the national conference on the role of Muslim scholars in fostering unity, peace and security in Nigeria blamed the ruling political class for the security challenges in some parts of the country, adding that Muslims are not responsible for the boko haram insurgency in the north.
Since its inception some years ago, the boko haram insurgency has crippled socio-economic activities in the north. It is estimated that not less than five thousand lives have been lost in the insurgency.