An Islamic group has cautioned Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, the president of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), not to fuel religious discord among two main religious bodies in Nigeria.
Daily Trust reports that the Muslim Ummah of Southwest Nigeria (MUSWEN) has advised Oritsejafor to avoid the misuse of CAN by officials or other people to fan the flames ember of discord.
This came after comments by CAN official on July 19, Sunday, Oibe attacking the Sultan of Sokoto and president-general of Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) Alhaji Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar and also the Secretary-General of the council Prof. Ishaq Oloyede.
Alhaji Femi Abbas, spokesperson of the Ummah (community) was responding to a statement credited to Oibe who claimed to be the Director of CAN’s national subjects on behalf of CAN titled “Oloyede, NIREC and merchant of lies.”
The spokesman said the statement was aggressive and unusual for CAN.
He said: “The ‘press rerelease’ was apparently issued by a clique of Christian charlatans who are masquerading in the cloak of religion within CAN. Ordinarily, the CAN we know very well which consists of decent gentlemen and women of dignity would not have issued such an unguarded statement especially at this festival period of Eid-el Fitr when congratulatory message from Nigerian Christian brethren to Nigerian Muslim Faithful was as usual expected.”
“Thus, we refuse to believe that such a reckless statement attacking the personality of His Eminence, the Sultan of Sokoto and President-General of NSCIA as well as that of the NSCIA Secretary-General was issued by CAN. Issuing such a baseless and inflammatory press statement to attack the topmost leadership of the Nigerian Muslim Ummah at this time confirms the fictitious source of the obnoxious Press Statement.”
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