A meeting proposed by President Goodluck Jonathan with a cross section of Muslim
leaders in the South West today (Sunday) at Ansarudeen Central Mosque, Ajao,
Surulere, Lagos has hit a brick wall.
An insider source said the meeting was midwifed by the former Minister of State,
Defence, Mr Musiliu Obanikoro, who is now facing public opprobrium over his role in
the alleged rigging of the last governorship election in Ekiti State.
The source said except a miracle happened the meeting would no longer take place.
According to the source, a phone conference meeting at the instance of the Secretary
General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, saw
the Muslim leaders rejecting an invitation of “a meeting that can polarize and create
disunity among Muslims across geographical divide”.
The source said, “Muslim leaders argue that since Muslim leaders in the North,
especially the Emirs thought it was inexpedient for a meeting of all Muslim leaders
with the President which culminated in the scuttling of an earlier meeting proposed
with the entire Muslim leaders in the country, it would be a betrayal for Muslims in
the South-West to now separately meet Jonathan.
“It was further discussed that the N7 billion he gave the Christians to motivate them
to mobilize support for him has left the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in
tatters and may take a long time before the wound inflicted on the umbrella
organization for all Nigerian Christians be healed. Since the man is going about
shamelessly distributing money that belongs to the masses, would it not be immoral
to take the filthy money which Muslims condemned when a section of Christendom
accepted it. And if they reject it, would it not be an insult on the office of Mr.
President?
“The Muslim leaders also wondered how they can trust Jonathan who when Muslims
complained of marginalization in the composition of the Confab. He promised to
redress it. But he went back on his words when the CAN President, Ayo Oritsajafor,
said he dared not.
“The leaders wondered why a President who has always ignored the plea of Muslims
for fairness and justice in appointments to top political appointments and never sent
invitation to meet them is now enthusiastic to meet Muslims few weeks to the
election.
“Imam Abdurahman Ahmad, the versatile Chief Missioner of Ansarudeen was given
the assignment of conveying to Jonathan that we are not prepared to meet him,” the
source added.

http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/sunday/index.php/news/19771-south-west-imams-reject-invitation-to-meet-jonathan

*whistling*

Damn papa ayo bringing disgrace to CAN since 1880. later we curse this Muslim people he be like say them still get integrity pass all this our rubbish earthly goodies seeking pastors.

I smell lies d moment I saw d issue of #7b

Boko Haram sponsors and sympathizers. They are angry with the way FG dealt with their boys.

I smell lies on dis thread, becos dey ve gathered to slander and libel a man of God cum the people, dey shall scatter in different ways. D voice of d people is d voice of God, dis same yoruba people, no president dead or alive has ever done half of wad jonathan is doing for dem. Ungratefull people(tinubu and his bandits)

nwafuluozoh:
Boko Haram sponsors and sympathizers. They are angry with the way FG dealt with their boys.

You mean south west imams are the new Boko Haram sponsors? Tell me something, so it is no longer Buhari, later it turned to sanusi Lamido, then sultan of sokoto, the United states, to Chad to Cameroon, to France now it is south west imams.

The most stupid and gullible set of people found in Nigeria are more concentrated in a single zone of Nigeria and you represent the worst of them. Any body against JonaTAN's misrule and brazen corruption of institutions is a boko Haram sponsor. You need your head examined

.....this news is only good for comic relief!the same muslim Alfas and imams in Nigeria that couldnt even control muslim radical elements in the north east called boko haram,that has been killing in the name of Allah.If this muslim clerics can put half of the efforts they use in politicking to de-radicalising their followers,Nigeria would indeed be a better place,of what help can this bunch be to GEJ!!!victory is from God. GEJ till 2019.

Hehehehehe.. This is really bad timing from the Imams.. I mean, refusing now that Boko Haram is finally going down the drain?
As leaders and humans with brains, they ought to know better than to refuse.

Good sugestion
muslims are not christian that takes N7bn

jonathan must go

“It was further discussed that the N7 billion he gave the Christians to motivate them
to mobilize support for him has left the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in
tatters and may take a long time before the wound inflicted on the umbrella
organization for all Nigerian Christians be healed. Since the man is going about
shamelessly distributing money that belongs to the masses, would it not be immoral
to take the filthy money which Muslims condemned when a section of Christendom
accepted it. And if they reject it, would it not be an insult on the office of Mr.
President?
“The Muslim leaders also wondered how they can trust Jonathan

No one trust him again

GEJ dividing Nigeria since year 2000! Why does he want to see them separate from Christians and other Nigerians ? He has been hopping from church to church telling them sweet nonsense and encouraging hatred, he is emptying the government treasury "(stealing is not corruption) " and bribing groups and individuals. Can't this man just leave us alone? He is incapable , corrupt and divisive. We have to vote him out.

The imams dont want to be tempted. even though GEJ cant pay salaries, he has billions to dole out to vainful god of men in order to win elections.
imams, make una go collect una share oooo. doesnt mean u must do what he wants. and make sure you develop a credible sharing formula

At least , there are still people in the country with heads connected to their neck.
Nothing I would like more than to eradicate all those new generation churches ( business centres) and empower the missionary churches.
At least the old school churches built schools , hospitals , orphanages etc and ploughed back most /all the money generated back into the communities.

Not everyone can be bought easily

nwafuluozoh:
Boko Haram sponsors and sympathizers. They are angry with the way FG dealt with their boys.

Only one word to describe your type.
Primitive.
Primitive values , morals and politics

Sai Buhari

Christians need to sit down and think.

Some of the actions of the Christian leaders are the reasons why people are now abandoning religion

aljharem:
Lies Jonathan is met with sw Muslim leaders last week or so and will meet with them again

Btw any muslin that vote for buhari needs his head checked

Boko haram has given us Muslims a very bad name.

Any Muslim that vote against the will of Allah ( because buhari is again Allah will

you are a MOORON. who take your lying head serious anymore on this forum. ain't you an ijaw,igbira, Igbo and angas again. you should be flushed down the water closet.

oduastates:
At least , there are still people in the country with heads connected to their neck.
Nothing I would like more than to eradicate all those new generation churches ( business centres) and empower the missionary churches.
At least the old school churches built schools , hospitals , orphanages etc and ploughed back most /all the money generated back into the communities.

i thought you should be more bordered about eradicating radical islamism that is gradually turning the entire world into a living hell as seen in Isis,Boko haram,Al-shabab,Janj*weed,Hezbollah,Islamic brotherhood,Alqeada and a host of others too numerous to mention.sadly these terrorists have links to either sunni,wahabbi or shites islamic groups.

Unity and integrity shown by these Imams should be commended by all. Elections come and go, but good name built on integrity always stays.

Desperado doing all he can to save his hyde from getting roasted at the ballot.

If I were them, I'd go for the meeting, collect the money which I'm too sure the serial briber would dole out, then use same money to gather support against him.

olapluto:
Unity and integrity shown by these Imams should be commended by all. Elections come and go, but good name built on integrity always stays.

Don't be too quick to commend till his visit is over.Nigerians from all walks of life have been shown time and time again to disappoint on a grand scale when issues of integrity and mony are involved.
No decent person has any reason in the world to support GEJ, but u sometimes get astonished at those that sing a different song once the right cash is thrown at them.
I just hope for your type that are commending these imams now, you don't get to see them smiling in a photoshoot with him and singing a different song before today runs out.

olapluto:
Unity and integrity shown by these Imams should be commended by all. Elections come and go, but good name built on integrity always stays.

what intergrity are you talking about,a group that sees others as infidels simply because they are nt followers of Mohammed.During they days of Abacha and the fading days of Yaradua, we all saw the kind of aggressive support given to him by these islamic religious merchants,even when ordinary nigerians were gnashing their teeths....intergrity is when they openly critcise and demonize members of boko haram,declare Fatwa on members of the terror group and Fatwa on any muslim that has sympathy for the group,put in very serious efforts in de-redicalizing their growing population of fanatics etc. God bless Nigeria.

Who cares? They come again who even gave 7billion to CAN and to Who? Make una stop this childish rumours that cant be trace.

Skako:
Good sugestion
muslims are not christian that takes N7bn

jonathan must go

If truly CAN collected the cash as been rumoured,then the officials of CAN have only dragged themselves to the mud & not the entire Christians in Nigeria. Be guided.

Kudos to south west imams.

CAN leaders and Oritsejafor disgracing Nigerian christians since after Judas betrayed Christ.

Lalasticlala,Obinoscopy....front page!

Kudos to the Imams for rejecting Ghana must go unlike their Christians counterparts, March 28 Jona will learn a political lesson from SW.

phlemzy:
If truly CAN collected the cash as been rumoured,then the officials of CAN have only dragged themselves to the mud & not the entire Christians in Nigeria. Be guided.

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