Nigeria’s unity at risk over religious extremism – Ohanaeze Youth Council

The National President of Ohanaeze Youth Council, OYC, Comrade Igboayaka O. Igboayaka, has warned that Nigeria’s unity could travel nether expanding strain if spiritual extremism and domination proceed to signifier governmental sermon successful the country.

Igboayaka spoke successful Owerri, Imo State, on Wednesday while reacting to comments attributed to Sheikh Yahaya Jingir successful defence of the Muslim-Muslim statesmanlike summons of President Bola Tinubu and Vice-President Kashim Shettima.

According to him, Jingir’s reported assertion that Nigeria is simply a Muslim state raises cardinal questions astir the country’s multi-religious and multi-ethnic quality and further reinforces calls for a referendum connected Nigeria’s governmental future.

Igboayaka said Nigerians should beryllium acrophobic astir immoderate governmental oregon spiritual communicative that portrays the state arsenic belonging exclusively to 1 faith, arguing that specified a presumption could deepen mistrust among the assorted spiritual and taste groups.

According to him, portion each radical oregon portion had the close to prosecute its aspirations, Nigeria could not legitimately beryllium described arsenic a Muslim state due to the fact that it is simply a multi-national and multi-religious state.

The Ohanaeze younker person further argued that the contention surrounding the Muslim-Muslim summons should beryllium viewed wrong the ...