S-South Muslims decry negligence by Sultan of Sokoto led NSCIA
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….Lament body gives prefrencial treatment to Northern, South West Muslims
By Miracle Olotuche
The South South Muslim stakeholders have decried what they described as neglect by the apex body, the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, NSCIA, headed by His Eminence, sa’ad Abubakar, lll, the Sultan of Sokoto.
The Muslims expressed the concerns via a communique issued at the end of a one-day crucial meeting held at Asaba, Delta State on the 24th june 2023.
They however, called on His Eminence the Sultan of Sokoto to give prompt attention to the plight of Muslims in the South South geo-political zone.
The communique signed by Alhaji (Barr) Mumakai Unagha, the Convener, South South Muslim Stakeholder, also accused the Islamic apex body of according prefrencial treatment to other Muslim brothers in the Northern and Western part of the country.
The communique added that the meeting was attended by representatives from the six states of the South -south geo-political zone of Akwa ibom , Bayelsa, Cross Rivers, Delta, Edo, and Rivers states Observers from other states were also in attendance.
It added further that, “The meeting being first of its kind, was the way forward for Islam in the South South region.”
According to it, “The Muslims decried the neglect of the Muslim Ummah by the apex body, the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs headed by His Eminence, sa’ad Abubakar, lll, the Sultan of Sokoto.
“The meeting viewed with dismay the prefrencial treatment being accorded to other Muslim brothers in the Northern and Western part of the country.
“The Muslim stakeholders noted that they are being treated as second class Muslims in the Nigerian Muslim community.
“That the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs headed by His Eminence Sa-ad Abubakar the Sultan of Sokoto, the leader of the Muslim community in Nigeria turns a blind eyes to the plight of Muslims and Islam in the South South.
“In that regard, we the Muslims in the South -South hereinafter refers to as the South South Muslim stakeholders calls on His Eminence to give prompt attention to the plight of Muslims in the South South and Nigeria in general in other that the Muslims in the area be fully integrated into the body of Muslim Ummah in the country.
“That we deserve to be accorded our right and privileges as fundamentally guaranteed to practice our religious faith.
“The South South Muslim stakeholder pledge her unalloyed loyalty to the Council.and the leadership of the Sultan.
