Ahead of the 2019 general elections, the Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has called on politicians to stop using religion and ethnicity as a pretext to perpetrate evil.

According to the royal father, Nigerians should vote for people due to their good track records, and not their faith, adding that it is the only sure way the country can move forward.

Speaking at a programme organised by the International Centre for Interfaith Peace and Harmony (ICIPH) for Muslims/Christians Leaders, tagged: “Working towards a credible, free, fair and peaceful elections in Nigeria in 2019,” the Sultan, who is the co-chairman of the organisation alongside Rev Benebe Fubara Fubara- Manuel, said politicians must stop manipulating their followers with religion and ethnicity.

Sultan said if Nigeria must move forward, the people must not consider faith as the basis for deciding who to vote for in the 2019 general elections.

“Politicians must stop hiding under religion and ethnicity. Nigerians must vote for track records and not faith,” he said.

According to him, there is no fight between Christianity and Islam; therefore, adherents must not reflect such in their choices during the 2019 general elections.

Represented by the Etsu Nupe, His Royal Highness, Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar, Sultan Abubakar said religious leaders must join hands in preaching against violence before, during and after the elections in order to enhance peaceful coexistence.

Sultan who warned that the 2019 general elections should not be a basis for fighting between adherents of Islam and Christianity, calling on religious leaders in the country to preach peace.

The traditional ruler noted that there might be occasional misunderstanding between Muslims and Christians, but adherents of Christianity and Islam should not fight because of their faiths.

“We must speak the truth. Everything is not okay in Nigeria. Let’s stop hiding under religion and ethnicity. Christianity and Islam are not fighting.

“But maybe there is disagreement between Muslims and Christians, we must try and fish out extremist in our midst. Though, you cannot completely fish out the bad eggs from the society but we must continue to do our part in order to ensure a peaceful country,” Sultan said.

According to the religious leader, “No society is made up of 100 percent saints. We have our problems and challenges. But we should collectively try and overcome them. As leaders, we must try and work for peace. No problem in this world defies solution unless we are not honest. If not, we will overcome the problems.”

The monarch urged religious leaders to tell their followers that despite the challenges, both adherents belong to one God Almighty but choose to worship Him in different ways.

On the killing of innocent people in the name of religion, the Sultan said such people are misguided.

“Some people have wrong notion about Jihad. You cannot kill people pretending to be fighting for God. You are simply deceiving yourself. Jihad does not entail that. God did not create you to fight for Him,” he said.

The Sultan further advised politicians to abide by the rules of the game by carrying out issues-based campaigns.

On his part, the president, Christian Council of Nigeria (CCN), and co-chairman of the group, Most Rev Fubara Fabura-Manuel, called for prayers as the country approaches the 2019 general elections.

“Let us keep praying for peaceful coexistence, unity, free, fair and credible elections in our country,” Fubara said, noting that people have suffered in one form of crisis or the other and are now living in hardship that seems to have no end.

“Let us pray for the grace to see every human being as a child of God, regardless of race, language or culture. Let us pray to the Lord for the strength to teach our children how to resolve differences non-violently and respectfully, and the courage to model it in our own behaviour,” Fubara said.

http://www.mcebiscoo.com/2018/11/stop-hiding-under-religion-ethnicity.html

He must be speaking tonBuhari because that is what Buharis current campaign is premised on

Wonder if this Sultan is indirectly telling the lifeless dullard to shun religious fanaticism and bigotry because the clueless one is known for using religion to forment crisis whenever election season is approaching.

All of them are guilty of this

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If as a politician you don't have any thing to offer, you must hold on to something. That's why they hold on to religious and ethnic divides.

See as educated Muslims think... salut sultan

Only if all these our power-drunk politicians will hear

Hmmmm

Religion became a part of our politics under GEJ when CAN suddenly became an arm of PDP, those days are going, probably gone. We won't go back there anymore, we are wiser now.

They will continue to hide under them.

Where's that vice presido sef ?

if only

It's about time they are told ........ Because it seems the sheep are too gullible to realize........

I love the sultan approach, ever wonder why sokoto state has always been free from religious crisis

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yourubas. una hear?

I don't expect him to say less after all this is a gathering on inter-faith peace and harmony. Whatever he says in this gathering has no effect because those used as tool to perpatrate religious crisis don't understand English, neither were they present in the gathering.

I will expect him and all other Muslim religion leaders to organise programs that will bring their youths together, where they will be taught religious tolerance.

Politicians knows that's Nigerians weak point

11Ebiscoo:
Ahead of the 2019 general elections, the Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has called on politicians to stop using religion and ethnicity as a pretext to perpetrate evil.

According to the royal father, Nigerians should vote for people due to their good track records, and not their faith, adding that it is the only sure way the country can move forward.

Speaking at a programme organised by the International Centre for Interfaith Peace and Harmony (ICIPH) for Muslims/Christians Leaders, tagged: “Working towards a credible, free, fair and peaceful elections in Nigeria in 2019,” the Sultan, who is the co-chairman of the organisation alongside Rev Benebe Fubara Fubara- Manuel, said politicians must stop manipulating their followers with religion and ethnicity.

Sultan said if Nigeria must move forward, the people must not consider faith as the basis for deciding who to vote for in the 2019 general elections.

“Politicians must stop hiding under religion and ethnicity. Nigerians must vote for track records and not faith,” he said.

According to him, there is no fight between Christianity and Islam; therefore, adherents must not reflect such in their choices during the 2019 general elections.

Represented by the Etsu Nupe, His Royal Highness, Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar, Sultan Abubakar said religious leaders must join hands in preaching against violence before, during and after the elections in order to enhance peaceful coexistence.

Sultan who warned that the 2019 general elections should not be a basis for fighting between adherents of Islam and Christianity, calling on religious leaders in the country to preach peace.

The traditional ruler noted that there might be occasional misunderstanding between Muslims and Christians, but adherents of Christianity and Islam should not fight because of their faiths.

“We must speak the truth. Everything is not okay in Nigeria. Let’s stop hiding under religion and ethnicity. Christianity and Islam are not fighting.

“But maybe there is disagreement between Muslims and Christians, we must try and fish out extremist in our midst. Though, you cannot completely fish out the bad eggs from the society but we must continue to do our part in order to ensure a peaceful country,” Sultan said.

According to the religious leader, “No society is made up of 100 percent saints. We have our problems and challenges. But we should collectively try and overcome them. As leaders, we must try and work for peace. No problem in this world defies solution unless we are not honest. If not, we will overcome the problems.”

The monarch urged religious leaders to tell their followers that despite the challenges, both adherents belong to one God Almighty but choose to worship Him in different ways.

On the killing of innocent people in the name of religion, the Sultan said such people are misguided.

“Some people have wrong notion about Jihad. You cannot kill people pretending to be fighting for God. You are simply deceiving yourself. Jihad does not entail that. God did not create you to fight for Him,” he said.

The Sultan further advised politicians to abide by the rules of the game by carrying out issues-based campaigns.

On his part, the president, Christian Council of Nigeria (CCN), and co-chairman of the group, Most Rev Fubara Fabura-Manuel, called for prayers as the country approaches the 2019 general elections.

“Let us keep praying for peaceful coexistence, unity, free, fair and credible elections in our country,” Fubara said, noting that people have suffered in one form of crisis or the other and are now living in hardship that seems to have no end.

“Let us pray for the grace to see every human being as a child of God, regardless of race, language or culture. Let us pray to the Lord for the strength to teach our children how to resolve differences non-violently and respectfully, and the courage to model it in our own behaviour,” Fubara said.

http://www.mcebiscoo.com/2018/11/stop-hiding-under-religion-ethnicity.html

Wao.., if all the religious leaders can be emulating this, the nation will be great again. Most of the followers are misguided and mislead. We just need peace among us.

This is the type of sultan the north needs.. Our politicians have really divided us through ethnic and religious lines, this is particularly pertaining in the north, most of them don't vote by competence but by tribe and religion which is very bad for our democracy and nation.

Don't get carried away with the sweet words from Sultan. They are all the same. They preach peace in English to cameras and microphones but enter their mosques to speak violence, hates, intolerance, division and bloodshed in Hausa, Arabic and Kanuri to their Youths and all.

Hypocrisy has always been a Muslim. Say one thing but do the worst direct opposite. Yeye people. How can u have a Sultan in the North that is revered by HausaFulanisKanuri Muslims yet ordinary Boko Haram boys who are their children and relatives but they cannot be talked to lay down their guns..?

100% of all the problems of Nigeria is from them.
Zero% solutions, zero% Contribution to coffers, always negative news

it really needs to stop oo
All this politicians and pastors should please stay clear of politics.

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squeekyclean:
Religion became a part of our politics under GEJ when CAN suddenly became an arm of PDP, those days are going, probably gone. We won't go back there anymore, we are wiser now.

will you STFU! Did you know they went as far as to say Goodluck was a christian all out to reduce the muslim population as far back as in 2013? This is what the APC was preaching accross many states in the North then. So shut you dirty trap.
Is Goodluck in government? is Atiku a Southern Christian out to kill Muslims? So why is the APC trying to make it seem like the PDP is Christian party?

Tell them Sir. That's the only way they deceive gullible Nigerians through divide and conquer.

Yorubas are the people that introduced tribal politics in Nigeria,the same reason they hate Goodluck and the people of south east and south south.

Many people think that politics and religion have to be kept separate because many religions did not allow freedom of worship and did not care equally for all people. History has shown that religion has created conflict

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chiagozien:
Yorubas are the people that introduced tribal politics in Nigeria,the same reason they hate Goodluck and the people of south east and south south.

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squeekyclean:
Religion became a part of our politics under GEJ when CAN suddenly became an arm of PDP, those days are going, probably gone. We won't go back there anymore, we are wiser now.

WAS GEJ YOUR PRESIDENT IN 2001 WHEN PROPHET BUHARI CALLED FOR THE TOTAL IMPLEMENTATION OF SHARIA LAW ACROSS NIGERIA

WAS HE YOUR PRESIDENT WHEN JIHADI BUHARI TOLD MUSLIMS TO VOTE FOR SOMEONE THAT CAN PROTECT THEIR FAITH

when it was south (Gej) vs North(Buhari) , he didn't mention this