The People Democratic Party in Kaduna State has petitioned security agencies in the state over a planned use of Islamic clerics by APC during tomorrows Juma’at Prayers.
In the petition, PDP warned that, this will trigger protest by their members which could lead to violence like what happened during Juma’at Prayers in Katsina last week.
PDP believe that, places of worships must not be politicized and wondered why after 8 years APC has nothing to campaign with other than religion.
In another development, the party has formally requested Jama’at Nasirul Islam to organize a special session between the 3 leading Muslim Gubernatorial Candidates of the State to ascertain the qualities of each candidate such as knowledge on Islamic Jurisprudence and personal morality.
PDP wish to remind people of Kaduna State, that, under same Muslim-Muslim tickets over 100 Mosques where demolished. Similarly out of over 100 thousand people sacked from office, 70 thousand were Muslims.
Furthermore, it was under Muslim-Muslim that the same Muslim were denied Juma’at Prayers for 16 weeks while those prayed at Murtala square had to pay 500,000 fees. In the same vein, of 12 permanent secretary sacked, 8 were Muslim while out of over 10 thousand shop confiscated from innocent traders 90 thousand belong to Muslim. So what has the present Muslim-Muslim ticket benefited Muslims in the State?
In the light of all these, we urge our Muslim Umma in the state to shun these antics by those few Imams who were paid millions of naira to preach against their fellow Muslim brother, Rt. Hon. Isa Ashiru Kudan – wa’iyazu billah.
Yakubu Lere
Asst. Director Public Affairs
