Former National Director of Legal and Public Affairs, Christian Association of Nigeria, Samuel Kwamkur, talks to JAMES ABRAHAM about the controversy trailing the comments credited to a former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, in a viral video on the dominance of Muslims in Nigerian politics
Former National Director of Legal and Public Affairs, Christian Association of Nigeria, Samuel Kwamkur, talks toabout the controversy trailing the comments credited to a former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, in a viral video on the dominance of Muslims in Nigerian politicshy did you criticise El-Rufai’s over comments credited to him regarding Muslim domination in politics in Nigeria?
As a legal practitioner and an advocate, who speaks for the rights of the less privileged, I found it a duty to remind the former governor that he didn’t deceive anyone. Those that worked for him are not foolish. He’s making us fools. We worked for a Muslim-Muslim ticket because we wanted a peaceful nation. We worked for it because we wanted to move together and show you that if everybody takes his religion, the nation would be torn apart. So, the people will sacrifice for each other.
I am surprised that he keeps thinking that he’s fighting a cause against Christians. Let me also tell you again, that in the course of my work, in the interfaith programme at NIREC, we have had Muslims and Christians. When you read the news, people are being attacked in Kano, Sokoto, and Zamfara and other states but you can’t say the victims are only Christians. But you see your attitude towards what is happening is what defines the reality of what goes in your mind.
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