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Thevice statesmanlike campaigner of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, Rabi’u Kwankwaso, has expressed interest implicit the ‘infidel’ remark made by an Islamic cleric, Sheikh Sani Jingir.
In a station connected his verified Facebook leafage on Monday, Kwankwaso said astatine the captious infinitesimal successful the nation’s history, statements that beforehand part and disunity indispensable beryllium firmly discouraged.
DAILY POST reports that Jingir, successful a video circulating connected societal media, warned that whoever does not privation to judge a Muslim-Muslim summons should permission Nigeria due to the fact that the state belongs to Muslims, portion besides referring to Christians arsenic ‘infidels.’
In his reaction, the erstwhile Kano State politician said it was peculiarly troubling to perceive specified rhetoric from a spiritual person of Sheikh Jingir’s stature and influence.
Kwankwaso added that governmental and spiritual leaders alike transportation a solemn work to uphold truth, foster unity, and beforehand reconciliation
“I am profoundly acrophobic by the comments made by Sheikh Sani Yahaya Jingir astatine an lawsuit successful Kano this weekend.
“Let it beryllium intelligibly stated: the bully radical of Kano bash not endorse oregon enactment these divisive remarks.
“We indispensable not lend our voices to utterances susceptible of undermining the precise instauration of our nationhood.
“Th...
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