The Middle Belt Forum (MBF), has condemned the calls for the sack of former governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister on account of his faith or where he hails from.
A statement on Sunday by the National President of the forum, Dr Pogu Bitrus also condemned a trending video clip by Sheikh Ahmed Gumi, a Kaduna-based Islamic cleric. The statement lamented that video clips from other clerics also rendered in Hausa stated that it is wrong for a Christian to be appointed Minister of the Federal Capital Territory and that the FCT belongs to the North.
The statement added, 'In the face of their grim failure whereby the entire North-west, North-east and North-central zones became war zones and havens for kidnappers and criminal elements, it amounts to shameless drunkenness for Gumi to state that only Muslims have capacity to deal fairly with all groups in the country. 'Indeed, it is clear that Gumi and his band of followers are hell-bent on igniting the monster of bigotry in a nation that is already set on edge.
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