President of the Christian Association of
Nigeria, CAN, Ayo Oritsejafor, on Monday
urged the Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar,
to write a letter to Boko Haram to stop their
attacks just as he did to the Islamic State of
Iraq and Syria, ISIS.

Mr. Oritsejafor made the call in Abuja at a
2-day roundtable with Senior Special
Assistants on Religious Affairs from the 36
states of the federation and the Federal
Capital Territory, FCT.

“His Eminence said he wrote a letter to ISIS,
I have to truly congratulate you for that
because that was a very good move,” Mr.
Oritsejafor said.

‘‘I didn’t know about it until today and I
am so glad it happened. But I want to
appeal that you also write to Boko Haram
because Boko Haram is worse than ISIS.
‘‘They have killed more people than ISIS,
they have caused more atrocities than ISIS;
they need to be written to as well, it is very
important it will help.

“I have made an appeal several times that
there are some of our leaders who must
come together, religious, political and
traditional. They must come and discuss.’’
He also enjoined religious clerics,
particularly those in the “good book” of the
militant sect to reach out to the leadership
of the sect so that the real Islam could be
presented to them instead of allowing them
to continue misrepresenting Islam.

According to him, if the militant sect would
listen to him, he would have joined the
clerics in preaching peace to members of the
terror group and the need to practice real
Islam.

‘‘I have heard and I may be wrong, one
thing you will learn about me is that I’m
usually not politically correct, but I tell you
the way I see it.
‘‘But I have been told that the Boko Haram,
to a very large extent, are very vast in
scriptures. What scriptures do they use?
There are still religious clerics that they
respect.

‘‘If these people are not presenting the right
thing and are misrepresenting Islam, which
I agree it is the case so to a very large
extent, we agree that our brothers to reach
them so that the real Islam can be presented
to them.

‘‘They won’t listen to me, in fact they will
kill me faster than anything else, oh yes
that is the truth and I am aware of that.’’
He frowned that the resolutions of past
inter-religious meetings have not been
implemented.

The CAN president said that greater peace
and harmony would have been achieved
among the various religions in the country
if lip-service had not been paid to the
various resolutions of such meetings.
‘‘But if we would come together, there must
be sincerity, equality, fear of God and
genuine love for one another.

‘‘The problem with gatherings like this is
that if we are not careful it becomes an
occasion for good photographs, we shake
hands, we talk very nicely, we are all
politically correct. We don’t want to offend
each other.

‘‘Please let’s offend each other, we need to.
Because if we don’t offend each other, we
will not tell each other the truth and that is
part of Nigeria’s problem.

“If you come out to say certain things there
are those who feel you are rocking the boat
but God is in the boat, the boat will not
sink. Let us talk to each other, let’s tell the
truth to each other, let’s not sweep it under
the carpet.

‘‘When we finish the opening ceremony and
you go into the close door session, lay all
the cards in the table.’’

While querying why a church in the North
in the last 30 years have not been able to
get Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) for
land, he said that any mosque or church
should be able to get C of O anywhere in the
country.

‘‘Please, permit me to say this, why should
a church in the north for the last 30 years
not be able to get C of O?

‘‘Any Mosque anywhere in Nigeria should
be able to get a C of O. Why is it that people
want to build a place of worship, they are
not given a land?

“Those of you who represent these
governors, I like what His Eminence said,
tell your governors some of these things and
if they refused, resign.

‘‘Hopefully, people will ask why you are
resigning. Because we must create a level-
playing ground for everybody, we must deal
with each other as equals, very important,
very vital. No matter your religion, in any
state you come from, if you qualified for a
position you should get it.’’

In his contribution, the Sultan said people
must tell their leaders the truth to promote
peace and harmony in the country.
According to him, there is no problem
between Christianity and Islam.

He, however, acknowledged that there were
problems between Christians and Muslims
in the country due to lack of education on
the two religions.

‘‘If we don’t tell our leaders the truth, they
won’t know the problems. If we hear
something here and go back to do something
different, then we have failed.

‘‘We must tell our leaders the right thing
and not what they want to hear. Muslims
and Christians at all levels must sit together
and discuss and we must implement what
we discuss. We must work with our Holy
Scriptures.’’

According to the Sultan, he has written a
letter to those pushing for the Islamic State
of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) on why their action
is against Islam, stressing that those
carrying out bombings in Nigeria are not
doing it for God.

He warned that the bombings and attacks
might not end in the North-East if the right
things were not done now.
(NAN)

source :

http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/171847-write-boko-haram-end-attacks-wrote-isis-oritsejafor-tells-sultan.html

Efforts in futility by the Sultan. Useless advice by Oritsejafor.

funny man

PassingShot:
Efforts in futility by the Sultan. Useless advice by Oritsejafor.

I wonder o

morefire:
funny man

funny just like basket mouth

Oritsejafor, u are the Boko Haram after all.

So sultan write ISIS
and no advice Boko Haram wey dey him door moth?

tit:
So sultan write ISIS
and no advice Boko Haram wey dey him door moth?

who to write? when. Gej already said boko haram leaders are in his cabinet.
or shld he write Gej himself?

Oritsejafor, pick up your pen and write the letter yourself! What stops you hypocrite?

I think we should concentrate on the message and not the messenger. If Sultan could write to ISIS, I dont see why he can not write to BH. Even though I am sure it will not yeild the needed result but Sultan should just do it to avoid more embarassment and insults from Christians to Muslims.

I know the end of BH is near and the doom of the perpetrators is close by.
May God Almighty save and deliver our country from enemies both within and outside thr country.

I believe the sultan forgot 'Charity begins at home'.

Oritsejafor u r BOKO HARAM..so u expect em to write wat?

wat a funny nation

Pastor Ayo was right, what statement has the Sultan made against BH that is causing menace in the North, most of the northern religeous leaders apart from Sheikh Gumi have been silent about BH

Bokoharam are illiterates who cant re read

isis can read letters

tobechi20:
Bokoharam are illiterates who cant re read

isis can read letters

but dey knw how to upload videos on youtube.

are dey really illiterate