‘Secret and civilised jihad’ practised in Nigeria, says Christian Elders Forum

CHRISTIAN Elders, under the auspices of the National Christian Elders Forum (NCEF), Wednesday, disagreed with the Sultan of Sokoto, Shah ‘ad Abubakar, 111, that Nigeria is a multi-religious state that could not be islamised.
The Chairman of NCEF, Solomon Asemota, SAN, insisted that Nigeria is factually an Islamic state contrary to the position of the 1999 constitution section 10 that “the Government of the Federation or of a State shall not adopt any religion as State religion”.
Asemota in a statement signed and made available to Vanguard in Abuja alleged that ‘secret and civilised jihad’ is being practised in the country by some Muslim leaders, who are in the position of authority.
Sultan was quoted in the report to have said that “It is not possible to Islamize Nigeria. If God had wanted, he would have created all Christians or all Muslims. We are not secular but a multi-religious state because the people are so religious. We must respect one another and understand the tenets of the two religions.”
But NCEF said going by the statement, Nigeria had accepted Christianity and Islam as the State religions as against the spirit of the constitution.