The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) has said the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, has no plan or intention to Islamise Nigeria.
The Deputy National Legal Adviser of the NSCIA, Imam Haroun Muhammad Eze, made the denial on Tuesday saying, there was mischievous information in the social media that falsely ascribed the plan to the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar.
“This spurious information is not only baseless and unfounded but also malicious. The Sultan, who was purported to have made the statement, has been out of the country for the last two weeks.
“The Muslim community that the Sultan, by the grace of Almighty God, leads comprises of Muslims of all ethnic groups in Nigeria,” Eze said.
He said it is unimaginable that such an eminent leader could have uttered such abominable statement.
“While the council would ordinarily not dignify the perpetrators of such a dastard act with a response, as it believes that every right-thinking person would discountenance it, we also see the need to educate the general public lest the information cause injury to the undiscerning minds.”
He, therefore, told Nigerians to disregard the publication and to always verify the veracity of any information that comes their way before consuming and/or circulating it.
