Supreme Council for Shari’ah in Nigeria has expressed disappointment over the Muslim-Muslim ticket that brought President Bola Tinubu and his Vice, Kashim Shettima into office in the 2023 general election.
The council noted that current administration, through its ‘same faith’ leadership has not yielded the expected benefits for the Muslim community.
Speaking at a Pre-Ramadan Lecture, the President of SCSN on Tuesday, Sheikh Abdurrasheed Hadiyyatullah, criticized Tinubu’s government for failing to address the plight of Muslims in the country, despite the general belief that the ticket would be advantageous to them.
He lamented that millions of Muslims remain politically marginalized across various parts of the country despite their significant population and constitutional rights.
Sheikh Abdurrasheed warned against what he described as an attempt to suppress the rights of South West Muslims to organize mechanisms that would enhance their coexistence with Christians within their communities.
He said: “We have seen Nigerians vote for people of the same Islamic faith into the Presidency without turning the country into an unceasing battlefield, but we have not seen justice and equity done to all communities, irrespective of their faith.
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“We stand in solidarity with our brothers and sisters in the South West and we advise those who think they can divide the Nigerian Muslim Umma to find other mischief to engage themselves.
“The Umma looks up to us for guidance and assurances that their faith will not be sacrificed on the altar of political opportunism and greed. Many Muslims are being encouraged to think they have been betrayed to vote for this administration.”
via: Information Nigeria
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