SIR : One had thought that the resort to
exploitation of religion as a political
weapon by the People’ s Democratic Party
( PDP ) only emanated from and stopped at
the level of goody -goody spokespersons
who , could gracefully be excused for
struggling to keep their lucrative positions .
More so that some of them just made the
transition from relative oblivion and penury
to sudden fame and fortunes practically
overnight!
Nigerians were on countless occasions
inundated by these spokespersons with
statements clearly aimed at exploiting our
religious fault lines with a view to
achieving mundane political ends . And , not
quite unreasonably , some of us shrugged
such statements off as the handiwork of
overzealous spokespersons who might just
be abusing delegated authority. However ,
vice president Namadi Sambo disproved
this assumption a January 21 , in Dutse,
Jigawa State when they were
campaigning . So , exploitation of our
religious differences has truly all along
been the crux of this government ’ s
deliberate official homeland policy and ; the
unholy weapon intentionally employed to
divide and rule Nigerians ?
Sambo’ s utterances in Dutse should
seriously worry and agitate the mind of
whoever wishes Nigeria good. The man
mounted the campaign podium to give his
supporters a reason why they should not
vote for APC . And , you know what the odd
reason was ? That Buhari ’ s running mate ,
Prof . Yemi Osinbajo was the owner of
5, 000 capacity church !
What did Sambo hope to achieve by that,
for heaven ’ s sake ? Is the ownership of
church a crime in Nigeria or even in Islam
itself? Can Sambo or his boss look Pastor
Enoch Adeboye in the face and repeat what
he said in Dutse verbatim ? If Sambo’ s
audience aren ’ t educated , enlightened or
exposed enough to know that Islam and
Christianity are mutual friends rather than
foes , wouldn’ t it have helped if Sambo had
taken time to educate and enlighten his
audience especially at these volatile times ?
Or is Sambo also lacking in proper
understanding of Islam to know that the
religion he wanted to belittle and bring to
the opprobrium of his audience was
lavishly accommodated even by Prophet
Muhammad ( SAW )?
Islamic scholars of comparative studies of
religions couldn ’ t have done more justice
to the topic of how Islam and Christianity
share much more than some ignorant
fellows are aware of! The little differences
we have are not worthy of and should
never be exploited by politicians for self
service. For instance is VP Sambo and his
like minds aware of the existence of these
verses in the Holy Qur’ an :
“And nearest among them in love to the
believers will you find those who say , ‘ we
are Christians ’ because among them are
men devoted to learning and men who
have renounced the world. And they are
not arrogant”. Quran Chap 5v 85 .
“… Had it not been for God ’ s repelling some
people through the might of others, the
monasteries , churches, synagogues and
mosques wherein the name of God is oft
praised would have been utterly destroyed .
God shall certainly help those who help
His cause. He is all powerful , Majestic”
Qur’ an 22v 40
So , where did Sambo get his inspiration to
blackmail a fellow Nigerian for ‘ owning’ a
church ’? Surely not Islam !
Ibrahim Muhammed Sani Hadejia ,
Gusau, Katsina State .

Imagine Sambo reciting Koran just to emphasize that him and Jonathan are more Islamic that APC ticket. Who to Sambo that Osinbajo have 500 different churches? Why has Methuselah, FFK and co not commented with fire and brimstone on this? Or are the disappointed it was not related to APC?

The FeBuhari, Nigerians are voting for Change.