Poster is not responsible for the Major Headline outside this page…..Islamic leader in Abia tasks Muslims on Boko Haram......... Abia State governor, represented by his Chief of Staff, Mr. Cosmas Ndukwe (right),
presenting 100 bags of rice to representative of the Muslim community, Sheik Ali Ukiwo (left), Chief Imam of Abia State,
during their Ramadan homage to the governor, in Umuahia.Vanguard
UMUAHIA
July 30, 2014Leader
of the Muslim community in Abia State, Sheik Ali Ukiwo, has warned
genuine Muslims not to allow the Boko Haram terrorist group to use them.
According
to him, members of Boko Haram are not true Muslims but terrorists out
to destroy the country. Ukiwo, who spoke when Muslim faithful paid
Sallah homage to Governor Theodore Orji in Umuahia, also said that 90
per cent of Boko Haram’s victims were Muslims, indicating that they were
not true Muslims.
“We must not allow ourselves to fall victim to Boko Haram. They want to destroy this country,” he cautioned.
The
Muslim community in the state, he said, had been assisting the state
government to fight insecurity and had concluded arrangement for peace
in the state. He promised to ensure that the Boko Haram sect did not
infiltrate the Muslim community in the state.
The Muslim cleric
used the opportunity to commend Governor Orji for the youth empowerment
gesture he extended to Muslim youths in the state.
In his
remarks, Governor Orji, who was represented by his Chief of Staff, Mr.
Cosmas Ndukwe, urged the Muslims to use the period to renew love for one
another. He said the state had enjoyed good inter-religious
relationship across the tribes and nationalities.
“It is good to
know that despite challenges to our collective unity, we have elected to
live together,” the governor noted and urged them to ensure that
Nigeria remained one.
“The unity of Nigeria is not negotiable and
cannot be left solely in the hands of any person, group or religion. We
all have stakes in Project Nigeria. From our families down to the
larger society, let us imbibe the culture of promoting the tenets of
peaceful cohabitation,” Orji urged.
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