‘President Buhari has failed to secure even his own people,’ Sheikh Munir

 

…Says suspension of Sallah Celebration in Daura insult to the President

BY OUR EDITOR

A renowned Islamic scholar, Sheikh Sidi Munir, has lamented the suspension of Sallah celebrations in the emirates of Daura and Katsina in Katsina State, saying it was an insult on President Muhammadu Buhari.

President Buhari hails from Daura, Katsina State, north west Nigeria.

Speaking in an interview with Vanguard, Sheikh Munir said the move was also a bold statement to the entire country that the President has failed to secure even his own people.

Sheikh Munir, a member of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), whose leader El-Zakzaky has been in detention since December 2015, following a bloody encounter with the Nigerian Army, said he would not blame the Daura Emirates Council for putting off Sallah celebrations, as a result of insecurity in Katsina State and other neighbouring states.

“If anyone thinks Sallah celebrations would take place successfully in these states, the person is merely deceiving himself.

“Suspension of Sallah celebrations in Katsina is an insult on President Muhammadu Buhari because he is from that state. It is believed that the President is aloof to the security challenges in his home state.

“So, what the emirates in Katsina did was right in the sense that they want to send a message not to just the President but to the entire country that insecurity is worsening in the state,” he said.

Similarly, the traditional ruler of Dege-Lawal community in Katsina, Kabir Muhammad, said the suspension of Eid-ul-Fitri celebrations was also a way to express solidarity to those who have fallen victims of the insecurity in Katsina.

“It is a very good move by both the emirate councils and the state government. It indicates that they have the welfare of the people at heart.

‘’It is also a way of commiserating with the people that have been maimed and killed. I appreciate the foresight,” the royal father said.

*Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/05/sallah-celebrations-put-off-in-buharis-daura/