The National Leadership of Jama’atu Izalatul Bidi’a Wa’ikamatus Sunnah, (JIBWIS), has advised the leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria, (CAN) to shed the partisan garb and concentrate on healing of the country from bad eggs in politics by constant prayers and proper sensitization
National Chairman of JIBWIS, Sheikh Abdullahi Bala Lau gave the advice in a statement issued on Thursday while reacting to CAN’s position on a Christian successor of President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023.
“CAN should not court the trouble of the nation’s political party leadership, who have the mandate to screen and nominate candidates and wait for the final verdict of the voters.
“Most importantly, CAN should be viewed as a respected religious association and not a political party with a mandate to determine what qualifies one to be a Buhari successor”, Lau advised.
The Cleric argued that Jibwis Nigeria affirms that the decision as to who should succeed who, should be the business of registered political parties and not the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), or any other similar organisation whose primary responsibility is preaching or proselytizing mission.
“As a matter of established practice across the world, the concern is about power shift from the old brigade of political leaders to the comparatively younger democrats and not for any ethno-geographical considerations or worst still religious affinities. One wonders why CAN chooses the latter?”, the National Chairman queried.
Sheikh Abdullahi Bala Lau wondered how CAN started abdicating the responsibility of preaching inter-religious harmony, peace and national stability that it was doing decades ago. “Jibwis Nigeria is aware of well-informed analysis of the situation by respected national commentators – both Muslims and Christians urging caution and restraint, to avoid creating avoidable national tensions”.
According to the Islamic scholar, unlike CAN, Jibwis Nigeria is not mounting undue pressure on any political party or group by insisting on a Muslim candidate as a matter of entitlement.
“All we ask for is that political parties must insist on a competent, capable and upright Nigerian to be fielded”, he said
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