The apex Islamic organisation in Nigeria, the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), on Tuesday warned Nigerians to be cautious of mischief makers circulating mischievous information purportedly by the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, who doubles as the Supreme Council’s President-General.
The Council, in a statement signed by its Deputy National Legal Adviser, Imam Haroun Muhammad Eze, Esq, made available to Tribune Online in Abuja, described the spurious statement attributed to the Sultan on Islamising Nigeria as not only baseless and unfounded but also malicious.
According to the statement, the Sultan who purportedly made the statement had been out of Nigeria for two weeks now, adding that the revered traditional ruler, who led the Nigerian Muslim community, made up of Muslims of all ethnic groups in Nigeria, could not have uttered such abominable statement.
“The attention of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) has been drawn to a piece of mischievous information being circulated in the social media that falsely ascribed to the Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Alh. Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, CFR, mni a mischievous statement towards the now popular propaganda of Islamising Nigeria.
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“This spurious information is not only baseless and unfounded but also malicious. The Sultan, who was purported to have made the statement, has been out of the country for the last two weeks.
“The Muslim community that the Sultan, by the grace of Almighty God, leads comprises of Muslims of all ethnic groups in Nigeria. It is therefore unimaginable that such an eminent leader could have uttered such abominable statement,” Imam Eze stated.
He added that while the NSCIA would ordinarily not dignify the perpetrators of such a dastard act with a response, as it believes that every right-thinking person would discountenance it, “we also see the need to educate the general public lest the information cause injury to the undiscerning minds.
“The Council calls on all Nigerians not only to disregard the publication but also to always verify the veracity of any information that comes their way before consuming and/ or circulating it.”
The Council then pray Almighty Allah to grant us peace and unity in Nigeria.
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