An elder statesman, Alhaji Isa Folorunso Mustapha, has requested that the American government should tender an apology to the Nigerian government for its genocide statement, which claims that Christians are allegedly being killed in Nigeria.
Alhaji Mustapha said that the American government must come out clean and release the list of how many Christians were killed in Nigeria and where, adding that such a statement is an attempt to blackmail the country, and it is unacceptable.
He told the American Congress that Nigeria is a polygamous society where Christians and Muslims marry each other without any consideration for either religion or tribe.
According to him, a topical example is that of President Bolaji Ahmed Tinubu of Nigeria, whose wife is a pastor in one of the largest churches in Nigeria.
Alhaji Mustapha stated this in a statement he issued and released to the media in Kaduna on Wednesday.
He said, “The history of marriage between Muslims and Christians, including adherents of other religions, dates back to over a century in Nigeria, and it has remained so, and this is the beauty of our peaceful coexistence as a nation.”
The elder statesman frowned at the statement by the American legislator, describing his claims as an attempt to cause disunity and incite Nigerians against themselves. He called for an unreserved apology from the American government and her Congress over the unfortunate statement.
He noted that some Nigerians are allegedly behind the disparaging comments about the country for their selfish and parochial interest and urged such characters to desist from the acts of sabotage henceforth.
In the statement, the elder statesman also described those agitating for the release of Biafra agitator Nnamdi Kanu as an uninformed group who did not put into consideration the activities of Kalu against the unity of the country.
Alh. Mustapha, who is over 70 years of age, emphasised that the unity of Nigeria and that Nigerians are not negotiable; he therefore urged Nigerians to be united and not to allow any external forces to cause disunity among the people of the country.
He also commended the Senate on its quick action to constitute a 12-member ad hoc committee to advise the legislature on how to respond to the growing international concerns over alleged state-backed persecution of Christians in Nigeria.
