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Group Condemns Northern Christian Elders Forum For Telling European Union Lie

Professor Akintola Ishaq

Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), condemned a petition written and sent to the European Union by the Northern Christian Elders Forum (NCEF), telling the international organization lie against President Muhammadu Buhari.

The NCEF had yesterday, June 6, petitioned the European Parliament over Buhari’s attendance of the summit of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC), alleging an attempt at Islamizing Nigeria. The NCEF also alleged that the president was not doing enough to tackle the security challenges facing the country.

But MURIC, in a statement today, June 7 by its Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola, described the allegations as frivolous, unfounded, imaginary, untenable and unacceptable. The statement said: “We have no modicum of doubt that their lies will come crashing down on them like a pack of cards when the EU Parliament investigates their allegations and NCEF cannot fool the EU Parliament.

“EU Parliament will find it interesting to know that Nigeria became a member of OIC back in 1969 when General Yakubu Gowon (rtd), a Christian, took Nigeria to the organisation in observer status.

“Gowon is not a Muslim but he needed the organization’s support for Nigeria during the civil war (1967 – 1971).”

MURIC added:”Spain, Portugal and France were supporting Biafra and Gowon found it mandatory to rally the support of African countries through Nigeria’s membership of OIC.

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“It will therefore become clear that joining OIC has nothing to do with Islamisation but another way of pursuing Nigeria’s national interest. ”

Nigeria joined for political expediency and the regularization in 1986 was merely procedural. “Just as Gowon used the instrumentality of Nigeria’s membership of OIC to secure victory for Nigeria in the civil war, President Buhari used his physical presence at the 2019 OIC summit to return home with two juicy take-aways.

“Is the Second Niger Bridge situated in Daura? Who benefits from its completion? Is it Buhari personally, the Fulanis as a race or Islam as a creed? ”

MURIC appealed to Nigerians in general to seize the opportunity of Buhari’s credible leadership to partner with one another in building a prosperous nation.

Professor Ishaq Akintola, however called on President Buhari to order heads of all security outfits in the country to eliminate all known kidnappers’ camps and hideouts.

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