Nigerian ambassador to South Africa, Femi Fani-Kayode, has rejected claims by an Islamic scholar, Sheikh Yahaya Jingir, that Nigeria is a Muslim country.
In a viral video, Sheikh Jingir, who was preaching to
Muslims at an event, said “if you don’t want to accept a Muslim-Muslim ticket,
you should leave Nigeria because it belongs to us”.
The comment has continued to generate backlash online as
Christians rejected the claim.
Reacting, Fani-kayode in a statement posted on his official
X handle on Sunday night, said the cleric’s remark is unhelpful and untrue.
“Worse of all is the fact that it is highly provocative,”
the former aviation minister said.
“Kindly take note that it is a very slippery and dangerous
slope to take and is best avoided. Nigeria is NOT a Muslim country and neither
is she a Christian country.
“She is a SECULAR and MULTI-RELIGIOUS state comprising BOTH
Christians and Muslims in equal numbers and that is our strength,” FFK added.
He further stated that President Bola Tinubu’s Muslim/Muslim
ticket for 2027 is gaining acceptance “only because of the calibre, ability,
sincerity of purpose, character, utility and electoral strength of our
Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates and their ability to deliver and
not because they are Muslims”.
“One day we may have a Christian/Christian ticket too
because with God all things are possible,” he added.
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