On Friday, Archbishop Daniel Okoh, the president of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), and Alhaji Muhammad Sa’adu Abubakar III, the sultan of Sokoto and president of the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), urged the country’s youth to end the current nationwide protest.
In a joint statement with Prof. Cornelius Afebu Omonokhua, Executive Secretary of NIREC, the two religious leaders issued the plea, urging both protestors and protest organisers to lay down their swords and come to the dialogue table.
Following the news of the ongoing protests in Nigeria, His Eminence, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, the President-General of the JNI and the Sultan of Sokoto, has once again called on the protest organisers, their clandestine and overt backers, and other key players to lay down their swords and immediately engage in constructive dialogue.
“We genuinely feared escalation to an uncontrollable scenario and the reports are tilting towards that.
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“Therefore, we in the name of Allah, the Most High call for an end to the snowballing rampaging, in the name of protest.
“We should all understand that there must be a stable country called Nigeria, before we can proudly call ourselves Nigerians.
“With tomorrow being Friday, Jumu’ah mosque Imams and Muslim leaders are implored to calm nerves and call on the Ummah to appreciate peace than chaotic state of affairs, which may even deny us congregational prayers…..
“Nevertheless, the Sultan of Sokoto, implores the President, Federal Republic of Nigeria to address the nation, by assuring all Nigerians that peace, security, stability, relief to hardship and food security would be achieved under his stewardship, in-sha’Allah.
“Likewise, State Governors should also calm nerves, as silence is no longer golden at this moment of anxiety.
“In this time of challenge, we pray for guidance, protection, good health, and peace for all leaders, and for tranquility to prevail in Nigeria.
“May Allah, the Highest, also provide the quickest relief to all problems bedeviling the Nigerian state. Aamin.”
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