Sheikh Abduljabbar Nasiru Kabara, the Kano-based Islamic
cleric barred from preaching, has accused the State Governor, Abdullahi
Ganduje, of issuing the order because he worked against him during the 2019
general election.
The election, which was keenly contested, led to a runoff
before Ganduje, who ran under the platform of the All Progressives Congress
(APC), defeated Abba Kabir Yusuf, his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rival.
Speaking with Daily Trust hours after the government clamped
down on him, the cleric said the action is more of political than religious.
“The reasons are very obvious. The person who took the
decision (Ganduje) has said it times without number that he never forgives. I
fought him during the last election and he promised to retaliate. Only that he
is taking the wrong decision at the wrong time. So this ban is purely
political, it has nothing to do with religion or incitement.
“I have told my followers to prepare their votes ahead of
the next election and do the needful. Alhamdulillah for everything, I am
fighting scholars, not Government, but at the end, Government took over on their
behalf.
“This clearly shows that they don’t have answers to all my
questions. How does the government know that I’m inciting the public on
religious issues? Did they go through the books I have been making reference to
before jumping to the conclusion? Are they even knowledgeable about them?
“They should at least checked the books I made reference to
but without doing so, they have been unfair to me.
“This decision is sheer injustice. And, whosoever wants to
understand the situation should look for what the Kano State Commissioner for
Education said last night (Wednesday) wherein he explained that the government
has deliberately succumbed to the pressure of these scholars who used their
political ideologies to alter religious issues to their taste,” he said.
On whether he will abide by the government’s order on the
ban, the Islamic cleric said he has always been law abiding.
“I am appealing to my followers to exercise patience with
this decision and never revolt against it. Injustice will never remain forever.
Let us continue to pray and it shall come to pass soon Insha Allah,” he added.
Kano state government has not responded to the latest
accusation but in an earlier statement, the government said the ban became
necessary because of “his mode of teachings considered too incendiary.”
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