The National Christian Elders Forum, NCEF, has insisted that the Buhari-led Federal Government was planning to Islamise the country through Jihad.
The group comprises different professionals and former senior army generals, including former Defence Minister, Theophilus Danjuma. In a statement entitled, “Jihad in Nigeria: Burying The Head in Sand,” and signed by NCEF chairman, Mr. Solomon Asemota, SAN,
The group said after reviewing unfolding events across the country, they (eminent Christian elders )in July this year, called on Nigerian leaders to tread softly to avoid a pending implosion, insisting that the real problem with the country was that a Jihad had been launched in Nigeria.
It also contended that Islamists that have been interfering in the governance of the country, using “Taqiyya” (approved deception) as “Stealth/Civilization Jihad,” Boko Haram and Fulani herdsmen as violent Jihad, were relentless in their pursuit of eradicating democracy in Nigeria.
“The objective of the Islamists (political Islam) is to supplant the constitution of Nigeria with Sharia ideology as the source of legislation in the nation. ‘’The conflict between democracy as national ideology and Sharia as a usurping ideology is responsible for the crisis unfolding in Nigeria. The nation is in the throes of Jihad,’’ the group said.
Meanwhile, the presidency has denied the allegation saying President Buhari was committed to building a new Nigeria. The President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, said: “The times in which we are do not call for unnecessary suspicion. The only agenda President Muhammadu Buhari has is emergence of a new Nigeria, safe, prosperous, corrupt free, where our children can have a future and a hope.”
