On Sunday, the Supreme Council for Shariah in Nigeria came to Mallam Nasir El-Rufai’s defense over his six-minute viral video, in which he defended his preference for Muslims in appointments during his administration.
This was in response to the CAN’s Chairman’s interview with Oweleke TV on the past Governor of Kaduna State, El-Rufai’s video where he discussed plans to Islamize Nigeria. The council said for the past week, the Christian Association of Nigeria, Kaduna State Chapter, has been wagging its tongue, accusing Mallam Nasiru Ahmad El-Rufai, the former governor of Kaduna State, of making some inciting statements as far as CAN is concerned, merely because he voiced his opinion on the political realities of a Muslim-Muslim ticket.
The Supreme Council for Sharia further said:
“During the campaigns for the just concluded elections in this country, where was CAN when majority of pastors were making unguarded utterances, Where was CAN when a pastor stood on the pulpit with an AK-47 in Abuja?
“The Muslim Ummah has been tolerant enough; if not, there is no way a Muslim-dominated state like Taraba will be governed by a Christian. If Plateau State, with a population of over 35 per cent Muslims, were denied the deputy governor slot, why should Kaduna State, with Muslim population of close to 75 per cent, not have Muslim-Muslim ticket?
“Good men of God always preach peace, not violence and inciting tendencies which, in turn, will be a threat to peace and development. We enjoin CAN to toe the line of honour in neutrality, rather than playing double standards.”
This is according to Sharia.
