A public affairs analyst, lawyer and entrepreneur Bunmi Awoyemi reminds that there is a place for politicians with rather conservative and strict religious views not only with the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC), but with the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) too.

In his piece published by SaharaReporters, the author presents some disturbing facts about the past actions of the current PDP National Chairman Alhaju Adamu Mu’azu.

The author tags Adamu Mu’azu as an Islamist and an unrepentant Sharia advocate, reminds that nothing has been done by the politician when Christians were slaughtered in Bauchi State in 2001.

The current PDP Chairman, as the Governor of Bauchi State, adopted Sharia law as a part of the legal system of Bauchi State and signed it into law in 2001. At the same time a former military Head of State, Muhammadu Buhari, with immense power did not adopt Sharia law as the national law. The retired general also refused to register Nigeria as a member of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC). It was General Ibrahim Babangida who later registered Nigeria as a member of the OIC after his successful 1985 coup against Buhari.

But, back to the topic. According to a statement signed by four leaders of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), no fewer than 30 Christians were killed during a June 2001 outbreak of violence between Muslims and Christians in the Tafawa Balewa and Bogoro areas of Bauchi State. Over 158 Christian-owned houses were burned, along with two churches and a Bible school belonging to the Church of Christ in Nigeria

The religious clashes began on June 18, 2001, after Bauchi Governor Alhaji Ahmed Adamu Muazu declared on June 1 that Islamic (Sharia) law applied to all persons in the state, not Muslims only. On June 4, Muazu assigned an Islamic court judge to Tafawa Balewa and Bogoro Local Government Areas to enforce the Islamic law in the predominantly Christian villages.

The four Christian leaders, Rev. Markus Musa, Rev. Canon H.A. Eluwa, Michael Lulu and Yunusa Manzo, accused the governor of masterminding the Christian killings.

“He knew well that Christians were slaughtered at a roadblock at Zwall and Burgel villages by Muslim jihadists. Yet, to date he did nothing about it,” the Christian leaders claimed.

“The fact that Governor Ahmed Adamu Muazu, as the chief security officer in the state, did nothing to prevent the slaughtering of the Christians at those roadblocks means that he actually helped in the planning and execution of the jihad against the Christians in Bauchi state,” they concluded.

The author also reminded that President Jonathan has recently attended an OIC meeting. Such a development happened for the first time in 15 years.

Therefore, the author makes a conclusion that that the long-standing allegations against Buhari that he is a Sharia advocate and an Islamist are diversionary, wicked and hypocritical. One may recall the PDP National Chairman, Adamu Muazu, who not only advocated that Sharia be widely adopted in Nigeria, but also adopted and enforced it in his state.

Gban gban....

Hmmmm

God bless.