Northern Elders Forum Warns Against Continuous Politicization Of Religion
Northern Elders Forum has cautioned Nigerians over the growing politicization of religion in the country. It accuses politicians of making political capital out of religion by weaponizing it.
Spokesman of the forum, Dr. Akeem Baba Ahmed who further accused politicians asked Nigerians to open their eyes to their antics.
Ahmed speaking on a television programme, said politicians are destroying the political process by bringing faith into politics.
He also asked Nigerians to ignore the comment made by former Governor Nasir El-Rufai that Muslims would continue to rule Kaduna state for the next 40 years.
According the forum spokesman, ninety five of houses demolished by the former governor in Kaduna during his last days in office were Muslims.
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Baba-Ahmed said, “We had a Muslim president for eight years in this country. The North has never been as bad as it. It did nothing to the North.
“What did El-Rufai do for the Muslims? He demolished their houses on the very last day he was leaving, 95 percent of the houses he demolished belonged to Muslims. So of what value has the Muslim-Muslim ticket been to them?
“Muslim-Muslim ticket is a fraud; politicians have poisoned our faith; the earlier we open our eyes the better. They are destroying our political system by bringing faith into it.
“They are deceiving the people into believing that the faith of the people into thinking that the faith of a politician represents a plus or minus to you, it doesn’t.
“For all you know, you could be a Muslim and not pray five times a day, you could be a Christian and have horrible habits.”