Sanusi warns against attaching religious sentiment to criminality

The Emir of Kano, Malam Muhammadu Sanusi II, on Thursday called
on Nigerians not to attach religious sentiment to any act of
criminality, saying there were bad Muslims, as well a bad
Christians all over the World.

While receiving the National President of the Christian
Association of Nigeria, Revd Olasupo Ayokunle, at his palace on
Thursday, Sanusi said the two dominant religions preach peace, and
therefore whoever committed crime or do anything contrary to the
law of the land, should be regarded as an offender.

He noted that religious coloration should not be read to
crime.

“At the age of eight years, I was a pupil of a Catholic school
and throughout that period, we were neither taught any act of
vandalism or terrorism. Parents should allow their children to mix
with other religious groups so that they can understand each
other,” he added.

The monarch called on the people against using the mistake of
one ethnic or religious faith to generalise for others.

He said people who commited any crime should face the wrath of
the law, pointing out that the sentiment of religion or ethnicity
should not be attached.

Responding, the state Chairman of CAN, Revd Samuel Adeyemo, said
the purpose of the visit of Ayokunle, who was also the President of
the Nigeria Baptist Convention, was to check the welfare of members
of the Baptist churches in the Kano metropolis.

He said, ‘’We want to say, for the Baptist churches in Kano
State, we should continue to work together as a one family, and to
be prayerful for the state and the country so we can lead a life of
diligence worthy of emulation.

“Christians in the state should abstain themselves from any act
of evil and criminality which can tarnish them, as well as
disrepute the name of Christ they are serving.

“They should also avoid any act of evil and shady dealings but
continue to pray for the state and the nation.”

He commended the state Governor, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, for his
continued effort to ensure that peace reigned in the state.

Adeyemo said, “We give kudos to the Emir of Kano, Muhammad
Sanusi 11, for taking every tribe and resident in the state as his
subjects. The noble way of Emir Sanusi positively made all
non-indigenes resident in the state believe that they have a father
who believes in the collective interest of his subjects.”

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