FFK fumes as Islamic scholar says those against Muslim-Muslim ticket should leave Nigeria

Nigerian ambassador to South Africa, Femi Fani-Kayode, has rejected claims by an Islamic scholar, Sheikh Yahaya Jingir, that Nigeria is simply a Muslim country.

In a viral video, Sheikh Jingir, who was preaching to Muslims astatine an event, said “if you don’t privation to judge a Muslim-Muslim ticket, you should permission Nigeria due to the fact that it belongs to us”.

The remark has continued to make backlash online arsenic Christians rejected the claim.

Reacting, Fani-kayode successful a connection posted connected his authoritative X grip connected Sunday night, said the cleric’s remark is unhelpful and untrue.

“Worse of each is the information that it is highly provocative,” the erstwhile aviation curate said.

“Kindly instrumentality enactment that it is simply a precise slippery and unsafe slope to instrumentality and is champion avoided. Nigeria is NOT a Muslim state and neither is she a Christian country.

“She is simply a SECULAR and MULTI-RELIGIOUS authorities comprising BOTH Christians and Muslims successful adjacent numbers and that is our strength,” FFK added.

He further stated that President Bola Tinubu’s Muslim/Muslim tick...