TENSION IN KADUNA AS CHRISTIANS, MUSLIMS CLASH WITH SHI'ITE

There was mild tension in Saminaka,
headquarters of Lere local government area
Kaduna State, as The Redeemed Christian
Church of God, RCCG, and the Muslim
community kicked against the location of a new
building site belonging to the Islamic Movement
of Nigeria, IMN, popularly known as Shiite.
The two faith groups, therefore, called on the
state government to quickly act to avert another
bloodshed in the state.
In a letter of complaint/security alert, dated 26th
September, 2016, issued by RCCG provincial
Pastor, Oludare Ojo and addressed to the
chairman, Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN,
Kaduna State chapter and security agencies, he
said Shiite’s return to the area was a threat to
the church and the community based on the
proximity of the the sect’s building to the
church.
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“This is to bring to your notice that
the Islamic Movement of Nigeria,
IMN, led by Al-Zakzaky are working
on a building right in front of our
Church, The Redeem Christian
Church of God, Nassarawa, behind
Post Office Saminaka.
“This project has been abandoned for
over seven years. We believe this was
due to the issue the Church raised
against them in 2009.
“We are aware of an agreement
reached between the Church and the
group in 2009 (see attached), but due
to the recent incidents in the country
and the Shiites group modus
operandi, we see their return as a
big security threat to the Church and
the community at large.
“We pray that the building project be
discontinued since the Church
building has been in existence years
before their coming.
“We therefore call on you, the CAN
chairman, to use your honourable
office towards ensuring that the
issue is urgently looked into to
forestall unpalatable incidence that
may occur in the future.”
Also, Muslim clerics in the area have
equally alerted the Sardinia
Saminaka and security agencies of
threats by some members of their
communities to forcefully pull down
the sect’s building if urgent action
was not taken.
It would be recalled that the army
had a bloody encounter with Shiite
members, which left many dead in
Zaria last year.
The Shiite leader, Sheikh Ibrahim
Zakzaky, is being held in detention
over the bloody attacks, despite
protests for his release by the sect
members.
Meanwhile, Shiite’s spokesman,
Ibrahim Musa, said: “When we were
worshiping with other Muslims, they
said they don’t want us, that is why
we decided to build our centre.
“The building is just an Islamic
Centre. We have an Islamic school
there in Saminaka. Just that some
people who are against us, like
Izaila, those muslims who go to
Saudi Arabia are the one against us.
“We have Certificate of Occupancy C
of O. I cannot categorically say we
have building plan from KASUPDA.
We got an order today that the
building should be stopped. I dont
think any true Christian will be
against us.”





Sourced and edited by DANIEL IKECHUKWU EKWUNIFE