The President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, on Monday urged the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji 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).

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. 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 worst 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 to be misrepresenting Islam.

According to him, the militant sect will not listen to him, he will 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.

Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III
Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III

“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 at the inability of stakeholders to implement resolutions of the past inter-religious meetings.

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.




http://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2014/11/25/write-boko-haram-like-you-wrote-isis-oritsejafor-tells-sultan/

just incase

The season of writing letters again.

The reincarnation of letter writing..........Leggo!!!

Why cant we Africans do away with these foreign religions called Islam and Christianity. These foreign religions has done nothing good for us but brought us violence and proverty. Its time for us to go back to the religion of our ancestors before the coming of the Arab and Europeans.

Hey, for the first time, pastor blingy is ON POINT!
And please SLS do write that letter- I wonder how you left the wood in your eyes for the speck in another man's.
CONDEMN BH publicly and stop funding it PRIVATELY and all these deaths will end or atleast abate.

Religion is the opium of the people.

Orishajefo should stfu

In summary, charity begins at home.

Another season of letter writing. Sultan is removing peck from other people's eye when he has a log of wood in his own eyes.

Raiders:
Why cant we Africans do away with these foreign religions called Islam and Christianity. These foreign religions has done nothing good for us but brought us violence and proverty. Its time for us to go back to the religion of our ancestors before the coming of the Arab and Europeans.

Restrict urself to what U knw.Christianity as religion didn't bring us any bad thing,instead it brought us good things like education,healthcare,etc.A christian who is committing evil wil do it in his/her personal capacity not in Jesus' or God's name,unlike .......

Well, I hope Mr. Oritsejafor will be charitable enough to deliver the letter to Boko Haram- I think they call that division of labour. Isn't it?

Pastor ayo: when are you writing boko haram a letter Mr sultan sir?
Sultan: *clears throat* that cannnnn....ot be a problem, i just need to get a new pen and fresh ideas and you know these things take time. Just finished recent ideas on ISIS.

If bokoharam are humans capable of reasoning,looking what they subjected others alone will make them stop. Not some letter from whoever

9jii:
If bokoharam are humans capable of reasoning,looking what they subjected others alone will make them stop. Not some letter from whoever

you mean sultan wasted his time writing ISIS?

Letter to ISIS? When ur own house is on fire?

Anyway they know what they are doing.

CAN president lack decorum. he should advice GEJ on what to do.

CAN president lack decorum. he should advice GEJ on what to do. and stop creating enemies

see, them writing letter for peace to reign in another man's land while they are here fueling d crisis in their father's land. some people go school but dem no dey use their brain. nonsense

gnykelly:
CAN president lack decorum. he should advice GEJ on what to do.

Please define decorum & relate it to pastor Ayo on how he lacks it?

CAN president is on point here. Muslim are hypocrite

gnykelly:
CAN president lack decorum. he should advice GEJ on what to do.

You Muslims are the only enemy we have in this country. Who stop Sultan from advising GEJ on what to do? Instead he chose to chase rat while his house is on fire. God punish Muhammed (curse be upon him) and whoever introduced this blood sucking religion into the world

That is not possible.....
They know what they are doing

It is possible the sultan is taking his time before writing his letter to boko-haram. Or maybe he is looking for the right grammar and tenses that will suit the letter.

Pastor Ayo should cool down, he may write the letter before March 2015.

tit:


you mean sultan wasted his time writing ISIS?

You didn't hear mr orisajafor said bokoharam are worse than ISIS, is he lying?

Vitta:

You Muslims are the only enemy we have in this country. Who stop Sultan from advising GEJ on what to do? Instead he chose to chase rat while his house is on fire. God punish Muhammed (curse be upon him) and whoever introduced this blood sucking religion into the world

I'm a Muslim Nigeria belongs to you and i. this CAN President need to be educated about being a Commander in Chief. he follows the President everywhere he goes and keep informing him that the other guys is bad. peace process don't work that way. it will only create animosity towards each others.

peace.