MSSN says Obasanjo’s statement on Fulanization and Islamization is unpatriotic

– MSSN reacted to former Pres. Olusegun Obasanjo’s statement on Fulanization and Islamization

– The Student Body termed it unpatriotic

According to a recent report, a body of Muslim Students under the aegis of Muslim Students Society of Nigeria MSSN has reacted to the statement of former Pres. Olusegun Obasanjo on the Fulanization and Islamization of the country.

Obasanjo in a statement few days ago in Delta state had claimed that there were plans to Islamize and Fulanize Nigeria, the former Pres. added that the problems currently in the country is above Nigeria.

However, the MSSN in a reaction has stated that the statement by former Pres. Olusegun Obasanjo is not only reckless but uncalled for and not patriotic.

The MSSN in it statement stressed that if the incomparable loss of lives by Muslims in the boko haram insurgency and other criminal activities are not enough for people like Olusegun Obasanjo to believe that the crimes have no way in Islam and he could go ahead to associate them to Islam then it is most unfortunate and highly dissapointing.

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Below is an extract from MSSN Press release

If we must remind Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, perhaps he has forgotten, his regime as President of Nigeria gave rise to regional insurgency such as Niger/Delta militancy and Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) with the militants being mainly southern christians, yet, nobody ascribed the militancy to ‘CHRISTIANIZATION’

Also considering where Obasanjo chose to make the reckless statement, the congregation being purely southern Christians, it shows Obasanjo deliberately made the wrong assertion to instigate tribal and religious crisis. This is worrisome and unbecoming of somebody of Obasanjo’s status as former head of State.

In the circumstance, MSSN B-Zone condemns in the strongest term the statement made by Chief Olusegun Obasanjo claiming what he called ISLAMIZATION as the reason for boko haram insurgency and other criminal activities.

We want to state it for the umpteenth time that insurgency, kidnapping, banditry, drug trafficking been perpetrated across all states in Nigeria and by people of different religions and tribes, have no basis in Islam and have nothing to do with Islam and Muslims.

We call on Chief Olusegun Obasanjo to be careful in his statements and stop making statements defamatory and indicting of Islam and Muslims in Nigeria in order not to put Nigeria in an avoidable tribal and religious crisis.

We finally call on well- meaning Nigeria and international community to call Chief Olusegun Obasanjo to order in his reckless statement capable of throwing Nigeria into conflict. As an old man and a former President of the country, he should be more patriotic and concentrate on actions that can bind Nigeria together rather than those that can break it.

Signed

Qaasim B. Odedeji
Amir/Zonal Coordinator

Alh Abdul Jalil Abdul Rasaq
Zonal Secretary

Engr. Bashir Momoh
Public Relations Officer