‘Preach truth without hatred’ – APC Chairman Yilwatda urges religious leaders

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nentawe Yilwatda, has urged spiritual leaders crossed Nigeria to beforehand bid and reconciliation alternatively than hatred and division.

Yilwatda made the telephone connected Tuesday successful Abuja portion speaking astatine an International Conference connected National Security for Socio-economic Development organised by Jama’atu Izalatil Bidiah wa Iqamatis Sunnah (JIBWIS), successful concern with the Muslim World League of Saudi Arabia.

He said Nigeria’s religious, taste and taste diverseness should beryllium seen arsenic a spot alternatively than a crushed for conflict.

Yilwatda said his idiosyncratic acquisition had shaped his content that radical of antithetic faiths could unrecorded unneurotic peacefully.

“I came present to this speech not arsenic a caller idiosyncratic to diversity. I’ve experienced the achy portion of diversity, and I’ve experienced the beauteous portion of the aforesaid diversity,” helium said.

He recalled increasing up successful a assemblage wherever his father, a pastor, had a adjacent narration with the section main imam. He said the 2 families visited each different regularly and celebrated spiritual festivals unneurotic contempt their antithetic faiths.

According to him, specified relationships showed that spiritual differences should not make “human distances and separation”.

Yilwatda besides spoke astir the unit his household experien...