……..says it’s Jihad against Christians and a constitutional breach
The Christian Rights Agenda (CRA) has raised alarm over plot to force Mrs. Peace Audu to resign her position as Vice Chairman of Fufore Local Government Area of Adamawa state so as to stop her from being sworn in as substantive chairman following the death of the Muslim chairman Mr Shuaibu Babas over a week ago.
The refusal to swear-in Mrs. Audu more than 24 hours after the passing of the Chairman breaches the letters of the 1999 constitution.
In a statement issued by its Secretary General Reverend Kallamu Musa Dikwa, the CRA noted that by law Mrs Audu who was elected as Vice Chairman in 2024 with Mr. Babas as Chairman, respectively, should have been sworn in within 24hours of his demise.
However, up to the time of issuing this statement, the Adamawa state government under a Muslim Governor, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, has refused to swear her in.
The CRA gathered authoritatively that some powerful Muslim leaders in the state, including the newly installed Emir of Fufore HRH Muhammadu Sani Ahmadu Ribadu have vowed that a Christian cannot be made Chairman of the local government which informed the decision of the statement to halt her swearing in.
“All facts considered, CRA condemns this flagrant violation of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and views the action as part of an organised an assault Christendom in Northern Nigeria”, the Christian body frowned .
They added ” in a state that is about 70 percent Christian and yet a Christian is being denied her rightful position of becoming local government chairman because of her religion. This is worrisome.
“We call on the Federal Government through the Attorney General of the Federation, Chief Lateeff Fagbemi, SAN, to intervene and stop this brazen violation of the Constitution.
“We equally call on the Christian community in Adamawa state to stand in solidarity with our sister who is being denied her rightful position. The only mortal ’sin’ she has committed is her religion. CRA believes that majority of humans did not chose the faith they profess and it will be a crime against humanity to attempt to victimise one another.
“We see this as part of the islamisation agenda where every important position of government is to be taken over by Muslims.
“CRA further call on the leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria ( PFN) to always be proactive in defending Christianity and Christians from the northern part of the country who are under persecution”.
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