Eid-El-Kabir: Hardship, insecurity, political crisis amount to a no-confidence vote on political leaders — Chief Imam of Benin

The Chief Imam of Benin, Sheikh AbdulFatai Enabulele, has said that the prevailing economical hardship, insecurity and governmental situation successful the state magnitude to a ballot of nary assurance successful the nation’s ruling governmental class.

Enabulele stated this portion speaking with newsmen soon aft the Eid-el-Kabir supplication astatine the Ikpoba Slope Eid Ground on Wednesday, May 27, 2026, successful Benin City.

He, however, urged governments astatine each levels to formulate policies and programmes that would amended the surviving conditions of mean Nigerians, stressing that “Nigerians are suffering.”

He besides linked the rising incidence of net fraud and different societal vices among young radical to poverty, unemployment and the nonaccomplishment of bully governance successful the country.

According to him, “You tin spot what is happening. They are kidnapping our children, who are the leaders of tomorrow. So what bash you expect if the children are not safe?

“This is simply a nonaccomplishment of bully governance, a ballot of nary assurance successful our leaders due to the fact that you cannot ideate a concern wherever radical person go truthful hopeless arsenic to kidnap our children,” helium said.

He lamented that the worsening economical hardship successful the state has made it difficult, if not impossible, for galore parents to adequately cater for oregon provender their children.

He noted that erstwhile leaders present progressive and pragmatic policies, citizens are much li...